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Fermentation technology as a driver of human brain expansion

Brain tissue is metabolically expensive. Consequently, the evolution of humans’ large brains must have occurred via concomitant shifts in energy expenditure and intake. Proposed mechanisms include dietary shifts such as cooking. Importantly, though, any new food source must have been exploitable by...

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Autores principales: Bryant, Katherine L., Hansen, Christi, Hecht, Erin E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10667226/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37996482
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-05517-3