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Authors: Marlene Zuk
pumas, 179
push-ups, 135
quadrapeds, 145
quail, calories in, 122
Quintana-Murci, Lluís, 127, 128
radon, 241
Raichlen, David, 155
rain forests, 99
rams, 86
randomness, 143
rationalization, 59
red blood cells, 260, 261
red colobus monkeys, 201
regulatory genes, 61
reindeer, 46–47
reproductive potential, 230–31
reptiles, 202
rest, 136
Revedin, Anna, 109
Reznick, David, 79–80
rheumatoid arthritis, 5
riboflavin, 104
rice, 48, 111, 114, 125, 127
rickets, 103
rinderpest, 98–99
ritual objects, 56
Robinson, Jo, 20
rodents, 188
Rogers, Alan, 102
roots, toxic compounds in, 131
Royal Society for the Protection of Animals, 83
Ruiz, Jonatan, 162
running, 135, 142–60
barefoot, 6, 146, 156–60
breathing and, 147
forefoot- and midfoot-striking, 158–59
human limitations on, 147
injuries from, 156–60
long-distance, 27–28, 144–56
as necessary for scavenging, 153–54, 156
Russia, 109, 228
Ruxton, Graeme, 155
Ryan, Christopher, 165, 170, 175, 180, 192
rye, 111
Saami, 46–47
Sabbagh, Audrey, 128–29
saliva, 125–27
salmon, 13, 85, 89, 221
Samoa, 68
San, 32, 33
SARS, 249
saturated fat, 120
savannas, 24, 26, 58, 227
Scandinavia, 97
scavenging, 36–37
running necessary for, 153–54, 156
Schembri-Wimayer, Pierre, 232
Schiebinger, Londa, 94
Science,
197
Science News,
33
Scientific American,
268
Scotsman.com, 35
scurvy, 52
seahorses, 169–70, 173
seals, 33, 95
Sear, Rebecca, 206–7
sea turtles, 184
seaweed, 132–33
sedentary lifestyle, 136–38, 141, 142, 224, 270
seeds, 117
selective sweeps, 263–65,
264,
266
sepsis, diagnosis and, 223
sex, 13, 16, 23, 35, 36, 69, 92, 142, 164–93, 195, 203
monogamy and, 38, 42, 164–65, 171, 175–76, 178–80, 181, 182, 192–93, 194
purposes of, 175
Sex at Dawn
(Ryan and Jethá), 164–65, 170, 175, 180, 192
sex contract, 183, 189, 205
sex hormones, 37–39
sexual characteristics, 188
sexual differences, 166, 189–92
sexual maturity, 196
sexual orientation, 38
sexual receptivity, 204
sexual selection, 167–68, 169, 187–88
sharks, 15, 242
shellfish, 112, 184
shelters, 30, 250
Shepherd, J. A., 248
Sherman, Paul, 98–99
Shine, Rick, 83, 84
Shine, Terri, 84–85
shoes, 157–58
Shuar people, 213
Shubin, Neal, 8
Shultz, Susanne, 176–77
Siberia, 56, 236
Silk, Joan, 27, 29, 102
Simonson, Tatum, 261
Simopoulos, Artemis P., 20
Simpson, George Gaylord, 13–15
single-male harems, 177
Sisson, Mark, 153
skin pigmentation, 264
skull, 24
Slabbekoorn, Hans, 89, 90
slash and burn, 47
Slatkin, Monty, 230, 231
sled dogs, 7–8
sleep apnea, 255
sleeping, 92, 214–15
with infants, 6
slow-food diets, 6
Small, Meredith, 199, 215, 216, 250
smallpox, 52, 230, 231, 247
smell, 41
smoking, 255–56
snails, 82
snail shells, 81
snakes, 63–64, 82, 83
fear of, 42
soapberry bug, 81
social status, 43
social stratification, 54
soil, 47
solanine, 124
solar radiation, 241
Somalia, 107, 108
Soulsbury, Carl, 191–92
South Africa, 149
Spain, 232
sparrows, 73–74
spears, 118, 227
Spedding, Michael, 152
sperm, 170, 191, 192, 258
sperm production, 59
spina bifida, 128
Sponheimer, Matt, 36
Sports Abode,
246
sprinting, 146, 161
squats, 135
Stanford, Craig, 176
starches, 118, 119, 125–27
starch grains, 109–10
status signaling hypothesis, 185–87
Stearns, Stephen, 255, 257–58, 259
Stephens, J. Claiborne, 228, 229–30
Steudel-Numbers, Karen, 154
stick insects, 7–8
sticklebacks, 81
Stock, Jay, 250
Stone Age Diet, The
(Voegtlin), 111–12
stone tools, 33, 34–35, 43
Storz, Jay, 261
Strassman, Beverly, 60, 207
strength training, 135
stress, pace of modern life and, 3–4
strokes, sleep apnea and, 255
subsistence, 10
Sudan, 97–98
sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), 215–16
sugar, 66, 116, 121, 139
Sverrisdóttir, Oddný Ósk, 1–3, 6, 94
sweat, sweating, 147, 267
Sweden, 228
sweet potatoes, 124
swimmers, 150
Sydney Morning Herald,
19
Tahiti, 68
Tait, Lawson, 246–47, 248, 249
Taleb, Nassim, 143–44, 153
tamarins, 201
Tanchou, Stanislaw, 238–39
tannins, 124
Tanzania, 32, 50, 105, 106, 126
tapeworm, 28
Tarahumara, 157
taro, 46
Tasaday, 33
Tasmania, 119
Tautz, Diethard, 226, 227
Taylor, Tim, 196
Tay-Sachs disease, 172, 253
T cells, 228
teeth, 23, 24, 36, 121–22
of cows, 99
of Neandertals, 47, 110
Telegraph,
37, 46
Tempo and Mode in Evolution
(Simpson), 13–15
“10,000 Toads Project,” 82–83
10,000 Year Explosion, The
(Cochran and Harpending), 251
termites, 50
testes, 188, 191–92
testosterone, 209
Texas A&M University, 122
thrifty-genotype hypothesis, 139
Tibet, 260–62
Tishkoff, Sarah, 105, 106, 107
toads, 82–85, 89
tomcod, 89
Tooby, John, 57–58, 63
tools, 24, 25–26, 28, 29, 30, 32, 33, 34–35, 40, 42, 43, 47, 50, 56, 145, 198, 250
tooth decay, 52–53
trading, 33, 34, 56
triglycerides, 138
Trinidad, 79–80
Trivers, Robert, 168, 169
trout, 13
tuberculosis, 235–37
tubers, 26, 27, 50–51, 117, 125, 126, 131, 136, 140, 199
Turkey, 52
turtles, 86–87
Ungar, Peter, 122
United States, 140–41, 257
Upper Paleolithic, 56
Uppsala University, 1–3
urbanization, 91, 221, 237
U.S. News & World Report,
115–16
vegetables, 111, 112, 116, 122–23
vegetarians, 112, 115
Venezuela, 50–51
venison, 140
vertebrates, 8, 16
vervet monkeys, 176
Vibram FiveFingers, running with, 157
Viking hypothesis, 231–32, 252
village elders, 56
violence, 40, 54–55
viruses, 15–16, 51–52, 220, 225, 241, 242
visceral fat, 141
vision, 41
vitamin deficiency, 52
Voegtlin, Walter, 111–12, 117
Vullo, C., 104
Wade, Nicholas, 10, 259
Waldron, Tony, 240–41
Wall-Scheffler, Cara, 154
Ward, Peter, 268
warfare, 54–55
water fleas, 85
watermelon, 113
water supply, 52
weaning, 198, 200
weapons, 56
weight, paleo diet and, 115, 116
weight lifting, 135
Well
(blog), 4, 21, 93, 110–11, 159
Wells, Spencer, 46, 49, 51, 54, 56, 222
Wenner-Gren Foundation, 6
West Nile virus, 233, 235, 249
whales, 94, 95
wheat, 48, 111
white blood cells, 228
whitefish, 85
Why Evolution Is True
(Coyne), 17, 245
wildebeests, 146
Wilkinson, David, 155
William (cat), 67–68
Winking, Jeffrey, 211
Wired.com, 35, 162
Wirgin, Isaac, 87
Wolack, Matt, 86
wolves, 27
women,
see
females
woods, 24
World War I, 221
worms, 52, 59, 123, 220, 225, 227
“Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race, The” (Diamond), 45–46
Wrangham, Richard, 25, 40, 41–42
Wright, Sewall, 65
X chromosomes, 180, 181
Yakut, 125, 126
yams, 187
Yanomami people, 33–34, 46
yogurt, 96, 100, 107, 132
Yukon red squirrels, 90
Zihlman, Adrienne, 40, 183–84
Zimmer, Carl, 245
Zimmerman, Michael, 239–40
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Zuk, M. (Marlene)
Paleofantasy : what evolution really tells us about sex,
diet, and how we live / Marlene Zuk. — First edition.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-393-08137-4 (hardcover)
ISBN 978-0-393-08986-8 (e-book)
1. Human evolution. 2. Social evolution. 3. Hunting and
gathering societies. 4. Prehistoric peoples—Food.
5. Prehistoric peoples—Sexual behavior. I. Title.
GN281.Z85 2013
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