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More problems with the paleodiet

Posted on October 9, 2012 by Adam Van Arsdale

In my Anthropology of Food class we have spent the past two weeks talking about the technological, dietary, cultural and population health transitions from the late Paleolithic, through the origin of agriculture, to present-day industrial-scale food production, with much of … Continue reading →

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More on the porotic hyperostosis at Olduvai Gorge

Posted on October 9, 2012 by Adam Van Arsdale

John Crandall and Deb Martin write a reply to Domínguez-Rodrigo et al. (which I commented on last week) that seems to broaden some of the points I raised. They like the diagnosis of porotic hyperostosis, but are skeptical of the … Continue reading →

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Meat-eating, porotic hyperostosis and early Homo

Posted on October 5, 2012 by Adam Van Arsdale

A large group of researchers working at Olduvai Gorge, including Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo (IDEA, Madrid), Charles Musiba (UC-Denver) and Henry Bunn (U. Wisconsin), have a paper out in PLOS One this week on evidence of porotic hyperostosis in a 1.5 million … Continue reading →

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Meat and the paleodiet

Posted on June 25, 2012 by Adam Van Arsdale

I was making lunch for my kids this morning when I happened to hear this NPR piece on the radio. The issue, similar to what I commented on a few weeks ago, is the paleodiet. This time, the story is … Continue reading →

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