初期のホミニンの食生活
Peter S Ungar1, Matt Sponheimer
1Department of Anthropology, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA. pungar@uark.edu
Science (New York, N.Y.)
|October 15, 2011
まとめ
初期のヒトの食事の進化は複雑さを明らかにし,伝統的な見解に挑戦します. 新しい証拠は,単純な進行ではなく,時間の経過とともに明確な傾向がなく,多様な食事習慣を示しています.
科学分野:
- 古人類学は,古人類学である.
- 人間の進化 人類の進化
- ダイエット考古学
背景:
- 食生活の変化は,人間の進化において極めて重要です.
- 伝統的な研究は形態学,道具,屠殺に重点を置いていました.
- 最近の分析によると,初期のホミニンでは,食事の複雑性がより高いことが示唆されています.
研究 の 目的:
- 初期のヒト類の食生活を再評価する.
- 食事の変化のタイミングと性質を調査する.
- 食事の進化に関する既定の概念に異議を唱える.
主な方法:
- 歯科用マイクロウェア分析.
- 安定イソトープ分析. 安定イソトープ分析. 安定イソトープ分析. 安定イソトープ分析. 安定イソトープ分析.
- 形態学的および考古学的証拠のレビュー.
主要な成果:
- C ((4)) の植物と硬い物体の消費に関する証拠は,予想よりも遅れて現れる.
- 硬い物体による餌を増やすという伝統的な考え方は,挑戦されています.
- 初期のホミニン種にわたって一貫した食事の傾向は観察されなかった.
結論:
- 初期のヒト類の食事は,これまで考えられていたよりも多様で複雑でした.
- 食事の進化は,単純で線形な経路に従ったわけではない.
- アウストラロピテクスとパラントロプスの間のように,確立された二分論は,過度に単純化されることがあります.
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