{"product_id":"survival-of-the-fattest-stephan-cosgrave-cunnane-9789812561916","title":"Survival of the Fattest: The Key to Human Brain Evolution","description":"How did humans evolve larger and more sophisticated brains?In general, evolution depends on a special combination of circumstances: part genetics, part time, and part environment. In the case of human brain evolution, the main environmental influence was adaptation to a 'shore-based' diet, which provided the world's richest source of nutrition, as well as a sedentary lifestyle that promoted fat deposition. Such a diet included shellfish, fish, marsh plants, frogs, bird's eggs, etc. Humans and, and more importantly, hominid babies started to get fat, a crucial distinction that led to the development of larger brains and to the evolution of modern humans. A larger brain is expensive to maintain and this increasing demand for energy results in, succinctly, survival of the fattest.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephan Cosgrave Cunnane\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9812561919\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789812561916\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e World Scientific Publishing Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/25\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.43lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.08h x 6.32w x 0.98d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eScience Books \u0026amp; Films\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2006 pg. 22","brand":"Stephan Cosgrave Cunnane","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44126125621503,"sku":"9789812561916","price":132.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0c86dc34-83dd-47a5-b28c-b637bbf49850.jpg?v=1687446416","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/survival-of-the-fattest-stephan-cosgrave-cunnane-9789812561916","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}