When scent becomes a weapon—plant essential oils as potent bioinsecticides

N Devrnja, M Milutinović, J Savić - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Crop protection still mostly relies on synthetic pesticides for crop pest control. However, the
rationale for their continued use is shaded by the revealed adverse effects, such as relatively …

The role of soil in the contribution of food and feed

WL Silver, T Perez, A Mayer… - … Transactions of the …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Soils play a critical role in the production of food and feed for a growing global population.
Here, we review global patterns in soil characteristics, agricultural production and the fate of …

[HTML][HTML] The revolution that still isn't: The origins of behavioral complexity in Homo sapiens

EML Scerri, M Will - Journal of Human Evolution, 2023 - Elsevier
The behavioral origins of Homo sapiens can be traced back to the first material culture
produced by our species in Africa, the Middle Stone Age (MSA). Beyond this broad …

[图书][B] Hope and grief in the Anthropocene: Re-conceptualising human–nature relations

L Head - 2016 - taylorfrancis.com
The Anthropocene is a volatile and potentially catastrophic age demanding new ways of
thinking about relations between humans and the nonhuman world. This book explores how …

Plant foods and the dietary ecology of Neanderthals and early modern humans

AG Henry, AS Brooks, DR Piperno - Journal of human evolution, 2014 - Elsevier
One of the most important challenges in anthropology is understanding the disappearance
of Neanderthals. Previous research suggests that Neanderthals had a narrower diet than …

Those marvellous millennia: the Middle Stone Age of southern Africa

L Wadley - Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Africa's Middle Stone Age (MSA) may have lasted almost half a million years, but its earliest
expression is not yet well understood. The MSA is best known for innovations that appear in …

Beyond food: The multiple pathways for inclusion of materials into ancient dental calculus

A Radini, E Nikita, S Buckley… - American journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Dental calculus (mineralized dental plaque) was first recognised as a potentially useful
archaeological deposit in the 1970s, though interest in human dental calculus as a resource …

Variability in the middle stone age of eastern Africa

CA Tryon, JT Faith - Current Anthropology, 2013 - journals.uchicago.edu
Eastern Africa is an important area to study early populations of Homo sapiens because
subsets of those populations likely dispersed to Eurasia and subsequently throughout the …

Comparison with ancestral diets suggests dense acellular carbohydrates promote an inflammatory microbiota, and may be the primary dietary cause of leptin …

I Spreadbury - Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity: targets …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
A novel hypothesis of obesity is suggested by consideration of diet-related inflammation and
evolutionary medicine. The obese homeostatically guard their elevated weight. In rodent …

Contaminants in grain—a major risk for whole grain safety?

F Thielecke, AP Nugent - Nutrients, 2018 - mdpi.com
Grains are the main energy and carbohydrate sources for human nutrition globally.
Governmental and non-governmental authorities recommend whole grains as a healthy …