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1. Introduction
2. Evolutionary perspectives of human nutrition
3. Diversity of modern human nutritional strategies
4. The evolution of Homo erectus
5. Key features of human nutritional needs
6. Talk overview
7. Metabolic rates of selected tissues
8. RMR vs. body mass in humans vs. mammals
9. Brain weight vs. RMR
10. Brain metabolism and resting metabolism
11. Dietary and energetic correlates of size
12. Diet quality vs. body weight in primates
13. Relative brain size vs. diet quality
14. Intestines proportions in humans and apes
15. Day range variation - humans and other primates
16. Home range vs. body weight in primates
17. Correlates of home range size in modern species
18. Predictors of home range size
19. H. erectus - a major adaptive shift
20. Rapid brain evolution with emergence of Homo
21. Hominid body weight estimates: mid-sex averages
22. Changes in body proportions
23. Dietary and energetic implications
24. Ecosystem structure
25. Changes occurred with H. erectus
26. Rapid initial spread of H. erectus from Africa
27. Adaptive shifts in H. erectus
28. Ecological variation in nutritional strategies
29. Recent strategies for promoting diet quality
30. Human diversity of diets
31. BMI variation in different populations
32. Prevalence of obesity in US adults: 1960 to 2008
33. Changes in daily energy intake US adults
34. Lifestyle and energy expenditure among Siberians
35. Lifestyle correlates in the Yakut
36. Lifestyle and dietary change among Siberians
37. Changes in body fatness : Siberian Yakut
38. Modern vs. traditional populations
39. Energy expenditure in different populations
40. Daily activity levels in different populations
41. Shift from industrial to subsistence PALs
42. Consequences of additional physical activity
43. Physical activity in subsistence populations
44. Modern life: a “shifting” energy balance
45. Implications for understanding obesity
46. Conclusions: evolutionary insights
47. Acknowledgments

Topics Covered

• Relevance of Evolutionary Perspective for the Study of Nutrition
• Evolution of key human differences with the emergence & early evolution of Homo at ~2.0 mya
• Dietary regimes in traditional human societies
• Human Activity Patterns in Comparative Perspective
• Conclusions

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Series:

• Evolution and Medicine

Categories:

• Metabolism & Nutrition

Therapeutic Areas:

• Cardiovascular & Metabolic

Talk Citation

Leonard, W.R. (2020, August 16). What did humans evolve to eat? evolutionary perspectives on human nutritional health [Video file]. In The Biomedical & Life Sciences Collection, Henry Stewart Talks. Retrieved April 18, 2024, from https://hstalks.com/bs/1978/.
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Publication History

• Published on March 31, 2011
• Reviewed on August 16, 2020

Financial Disclosures

• Prof. William R. Leonard has not informed HSTalks of any commercial/financial relationship that it is appropriate to disclose.