How did humans evolve? Why do we have such large brains, and how can we afford the high energetic costs? The contributors to this volume focus on the suggestio... » 

How did humans evolve? Why do we have such large brains, and how can we afford the high energetic costs? The contributors to this volume focus on the suggestion that we are what we eat, and that diet played a role in the evolution of a number of distinctive human characteristics.This volume shows that a focus on diet provides an excellent opportunity to integrate diverse sources of evidence with models of human evolution. «