In flesh and blood, DNA, food and cultures of prehistoric man. Gianfranco Biondi, Fabio Martini, Olga Rickards, and Giuseppe Rotilio
The idea of \u200b\u200bthis book points out "the Neanderthal dinner" but the structure is completely different. While in that it followed the history, the present essay is divided into three separate sections, each focusing on a different theme and each written by different authors.
The first part is the work of Gianfranco Biondi, Olga Rickards, and trafficking of human evolution from an anthropological point of view. There is talk of bones and little else. The issue is potentially interesting, but the treatment I was not impressed: the style is boring and difficult to move, also the text is a repetition of what was written in earlier books by the same authors. I am convinced that the topic would require a look a bit 'wider, who knows how to dwell on the very different but intriguing aspects that have led to the evolution of man.
The second section is written by Giuseppe Rotilio, and explained from a biochemical and physiological effects of changes in diet on human evolution. In these chapters can be found continual references to osteological studies, isotopic, biochemical and genetic studies. Very interesting and very well written, is accessible to anyone with a basic scientific education. N espite the concepts are often complex, are explained thoroughly and easily understood. Only tiny flaw: I would have expected him to speak also of the genetic changes that enabled humans to digest milk (lactase persistence) or after the Neolithic Period. The book stops immediately before, and I think it is a bit 'too bad.
The third section, written by Fabio Martini deals with human culture during the Paleolithic, completes the picture. Unreadable. E 'replete with big words and convoluted language, I had to read sentences three times to understand what they say, and I studied the subject for years.
I think if they had written a unique book, not three completely different sections of the whole would be more organic and pleasing, but this way if it saves only one third, and it is easy to identify flaws and merits of each author.
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