The evolution of human diets according to the extant primate gut morphology and taste perception

Claude Marcel Hladik (1) , Bruno Simmen (1) , Patrick Pasquet (1)

1 EAE - Eco-Anthropologie et Ethnobiologie

Taking into account the allometric factors, we found evidence that gut morphology presents a clear similarity in the dietary adaptation of chimpanzees and humans.

Nous montrons, en fonction des études comparatives de la morphologie intestinale prenant en compte l'allométrie, que l'adaptation à l'alimentation de l'espèce humain a de grandes similitudes avec celle du chimpanzé

Domaines: Anthropologie biologique; Alimentation et Nutrition

Claude Marcel Hladik, Bruno Simmen, Patrick Pasquet. The evolution of human diets according to the extant primate gut morphology and taste perception. Human Evolution, seminars and special sessions of the 2009 AAAS meeting (The Evolution of Human diets, organized by M. Sponheimer & P. Ungar), 2009, United States. pp.102 & A87. ⟨hal-00587527v2⟩