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Foraging strategies and natural diet of monkeys, apes and humans

A D i s c u s s i o n o r g a n i z e d a n d e d i t e d b y E. M. W i d d o w s o n a n d A. W h i t e n

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The nutritional consequences of foraging in primates: the relationship of nutrient intakes to nutrient requirements 161

Discussion: A. W h i t e n , D. A. T. So u t h g a t e , P. V an Soest 170R. W. W r a n g h a m , N. L. C o n k l i n , C. A. C h a p m a n a n d K. D. H u n t

The significance of fibrous foods for Kibale Forest chimpanzees 171Discussion: K. M il t o n , M . E. R ogers , A. W h it e n , R. A. Barton 178

C a r o l i n e E. G. T u t i n , M i c h e l F e r n a n d e z , M. E l i z a b e t h R o g e r s , E l i z a b e t h A.W i l l i a m s o n a n d W i l l i a m C. M c G r e w

Foraging profiles of sympatric lowland gorillas and chimpanzees in the Lope Reserve, Gabon 179Discussion: S. A. A ltm ann , D. A. T. So u t h g a t e , I. C r o w e , A. W h it e n , N. L. C o n k l in ,L. Ba r r e t t 185

A. W h i t e n , R. W. B y r n e , R. A. B a r t o n , P. G. W a t e r m a n a n d S. P. H e n z i

Dietary and foraging strategies of baboons 187Discussion: K. H aw k es , E. M . W iddowson , S. A. A ltmann , K. M il t o n , R. I. M . D unbar 195

E v o l u t i o n o f h o m i n i d f o r a g i n g a n d d i e t

P e t e r A n d r e w s a n d L a w r e n c e M a r t i n

Hominoid dietary evolution 199Discussion: L. A ie l l o , A. E. Scandrett 209

R o b e r t J . B l u m e n s c h i n e

Hominid carnivory and foraging strategies, and the socio-economic function of early archaeologicalsites 211

Discussion: A. W h it e n , K. H awkes 219R. A. F o l e y a n d P. C. L e e

Ecology and energetics of encephalization in hominid evolution 223Discussion: E. M. W iddowson , C. D. K n ig h t , J. H. P. J onxis 232

F o o d of h u n t e r - g a t h e r e r s

K e r i n O ’D e a

Traditional diet and food preferences of Australian Aboriginal hunter-gatherers 233Discussion: P. A. J e w e l l , A. W h it e n , S. A. A ltmann , S. S. Str ic k la n d , O. T . O ftedal 240

K. H a w k e s , J . F. O ’C o n n e l l a n d N. G. B l u r t o n J o n e s

Hunting income patterns among the Hadza: big game, common goods, foraging goals and theevolution of the h u m an d iet 243

Discussion: O. T. O f t e d a l , R. J . Blumenschine 250

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K a t h a r i n e M i l t o nComparative aspects of diet in Amazonian forest-dwellers

Discussion: C. D. K n ig h t , I. C rowe

J o h n D. S p e t hProtein selection and avoidance strategies of contemporary and ancestral foragers, unresolved issues

Discussion: E. M. W iddowson , O. T. O f t e d a l , R. A. F o l e y , P. V an Soest

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H u m a n d i e t s : p r e h i s t o r y t o p r e s e n t d a y

S t a n l e y J. U l i j a s z e k

Human dietary change 271Discussion: G. H illman , J. L. Boldsen, C. J. H enry 278

D. A. T. S o u t h g a t e

Nature and variability of human food consumption 281Discussion: K. H awkes , O. T . O f t e d a l , I. C row e 288

E l s i e M. W i d d o w s o n

Contemporary human diets and their relation to health and growth: overview and conclusions 289Discussion: O. T. O fted a l , A. W h it e n , S. J. U lijaszek 295

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