Fermentation technology as a driver of human brain expansion

Abstract Brain tissue is metabolically expensive. Consequently, the evolution of humans’ large brains must have occurred via concomitant shifts in energy expenditure and intake. Proposed mechanisms include dietary shifts such as cooking. Importantly, though, any new food source must have been exploi...

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Main Authors: Katherine L. Bryant, Christi Hansen, Erin E. Hecht
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-11-01
Series:Communications Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-05517-3

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