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Iron

Iron. Sept 9. Primates. Primarily vegetarians Big-game hunting originated with Homo Sapiens Evidence of extinctions caused by earlier hominids?. Aggression. Why are humans so aggressive? Why did we start hunting?. Bipedalism. Savanna Theory Needed free hands for carrying food

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Iron

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  1. Iron Sept 9

  2. Primates • Primarily vegetarians • Big-game hunting originated with Homo Sapiens • Evidence of extinctions caused by earlier hominids?

  3. Aggression • Why are humans so aggressive? • Why did we start hunting?

  4. Bipedalism • Savanna Theory • Needed free hands for carrying food • Needed free hands for carrying weapons • The need to run on the savanna • Improved vision • Regulation of body temperature • Defensive measure • Aquatic Ape Theory • 1920 – Alister Hardy • Humans diverged from the primate line by wading out into the water and staying there for several millions years

  5. The Evo Diet • Called Evo Diet because theoretically these were the foods we evolved to eat • 9 individuals with extremely high blood pressure

  6. Giessen Raw Food Study • 513 raw foodists, ate 70-100% raw food • Raw food included uncooked vegetables, occasionally meat, cold-pressed oils, honey, and dried fruits, meats, and fish. • Chronic energy deficiency • The more raw food women ate, the lower their BMI and the more likely they were to have partial or total amenorrhea

  7. Reduced Reproductive Function • Raw foodists, anorexics, and marathoners report problems conceiving • Westra’s How to Do the Raw Food Diet with Joy for Awesome Health and Success: seminal emissions and menstruation meant to remove toxins from the body

  8. Reasons for Raw Food • Theory: When foods are cooked they might lose their living or active enzymes • Truth: Enzymes are cooked in our guts anyways • Instictotherapists – minority group among raw foodists – we are so closely related to apes, we should eat like them

  9. What Happened? • Our ancestors utilized bush meat, raw fruits and vegetables and other natural products. Why cant we? • The genetic coding for a well-adapted digestive system could have been lost by chance • We have small digestive systems relative to other apes, but this allows us to process cooked food proficiently

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