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Edible Insects and Human Evolution (Paperback)
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Edible Insects and Human Evolution (Paperback)
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Researchers who study ancient human diets tend to focus on meat
eating because the practice of butchery is very apparent in the
archaeological record. In this volume, Julie Lesnik highlights a
different food source, tracing evidence that humans and their
hominin ancestors also consumed insects throughout the entire
course of human evolution. Lesnik combines primatology,
sociocultural anthropology, reproductive physiology, and
paleoanthropology to examine the role of insects in the diets of
hunter-gatherers and our nonhuman primate cousins. She posits that
women would likely spend more time foraging for and eating insects
than men, arguing that this pattern is important to note because
women are too often ignored in reconstructions of ancient human
behavior. Because of the abundance of insects and the low risk of
acquiring them, insects were a reliable food source that mothers
used to feed their families over the past five million years.
Although they are consumed worldwide to this day, insects are not
usually considered food in Western societies. Tying together
ancient history with our modern lives, Lesnik points out that
insects are highly nutritious and a very sustainable protein
alternative. She believes that if we accept that edible insects are
a part of the human legacy, we may have new conversations about
what is good to eat-both in past diets and for the future of food.
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