Title Edible insects and human evolution / Julie J. Lesnik.

Publication Info.	Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2018]
	©2018

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Description	1 online resource (xix, 184 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Introduction to entomophagy anthropology -- Understanding the ick factor -- Ethnographic examples of insect foraging -- Nutrition and reproductive ecology -- Insect eating in nonhuman primates -- Reconstructing the role of insects in diets of early hominins -- Edible insects and the genus homo -- The potential for future discover: testing hypotheses of edible insects -- Going forward: getting over our obsession with meat.
Summary	Edible Insects and Human Evolution investigates insects in the human diet from an evolutionary perspective. This book argues that insects were just as important as meat in the past and that today they offer a sustainable alternative to meat.
Local Note	eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject	Entomophagy.
	Entomophagy.
	Edible insects.
	Edible insects.
	Food habits.
	Food habits.
	Human evolution.
	Human evolution.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Lesnik, Julie J. Edible insects and human evolution. Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2018 9780813056999 (DLC) 2017055302 (OCoLC)1006440099
ISBN	9780813052359 (electronic book)
	0813052351 (electronic book)
	9780813056999
	0813056993