DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2014.08.002
论文题名: Red ochre and shells: Clues to human evolution
作者: Duarte C.M.
刊名: Trends in Ecology and Evolution
ISSN: 1695347
出版年: 2014
卷: 29, 期: 10 起始页码: 560
结束页码: 565
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Fitness
; Human evolution
; Iron
; Nutrition
; Seafood
; Shells
Scopus关键词: brain
; fitness
; gene expression
; human evolution
; public health
; reproductive health
; seafood
; shell
; docosahexaenoic acid
; ferric ion
; ferric oxide
; animal
; animal shell
; anthropology
; brain
; evolution
; growth, development and aging
; hominid
; human
; metabolism
; nutritional requirement
; physiology
; shellfish
; Animal Shells
; Animals
; Anthropology
; Biological Evolution
; Brain
; Docosahexaenoic Acids
; Ferric Compounds
; Hominidae
; Humans
; Nutritional Requirements
; Shellfish
英文摘要: The 200-kiloannus (ka) use of red ochre and shells by humans is interpreted as a simple clue of symbolic thinking. Integration of multiple lines of evidence supports the opinion that the use of red ochre and shells might have had direct significance for human evolution. Use of seafood and red ochre supplies docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), possibly iron, and other essential nutrients for brain development and reproductive health, improving human fitness and triggering brain growth. The fitness advantages to humans of using shells, and possibly red ochre, might have selected for artistic and symbolic expression, and, thereby, lead to social cohesion. Current global health syndromes show that an adequate supply of seafood and iron continues to play a fundamental role in human health. © 2014 Elsevier Ltd. Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/67236
Appears in Collections: 全球变化的国际研究计划 气候变化与战略
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作者单位: The UWA Oceans Institute and School of Plant Biology, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, Australia; Dept. of Global Change Research, IMEDEA (CSIC-UIB) Instituto Mediterráneo de Estudios Avanzados, Miquel Marqués 21, Esporles, Spain
Recommended Citation:
Duarte C.M.. Red ochre and shells: Clues to human evolution[J]. Trends in Ecology and Evolution,2014-01-01,29(10)