Origins and Evolution of Human Diet
In 1998 The International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences held its 14th meeting in Williamsburg Va. As part of that Congress Drs Peter Ungar and Mark Teaford chaired an "electronic poster" session, the topic of which was expanding our understanding of the diets of our ancestors. The participants argued that such a study "can provide a unique perspective on our adaptations, and show how a discordance between our diets and the foods we were "designed" to eat has led to many of the health problems faced by industrial societies today. Primates satisfy their nutritional requirements with a broad range of foods. Humans have continued the trend, and we can attribute much of our evolutionary success to our abilities to procure, process and consume a wide variety of foods." This link provides access to the web site created for this session which was supported in part by NSF grant # SBER 9727175 and continues to be hosted by the Center.
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