Appendix A. Notes

Chapter 1

  1. “The Omega-6/Omega-3 Fatty Acid Ratio, Genetic Variation, and Cardiovascular Disease”; http://apjcn.nhri.org.tw/server/apjcn/volume17/vol17suppl.1/131-134S6-6.pdf

  2. A greatly simplified diagram of human evolution over two million years. See Brian Fagan. Cro-Magnon: How the Ice Age Gave Birth to the First Modern Humans (Bloomsbury Press, Kindle Edition), Kindle Locations 567–568.

  3. Standing Tall: Plains Indians Enjoyed Height, Health Advantage; http://researchnews.osu.edu/archive/tallind.htm

  4. Cochran, Gregory; Henry Harpending (2009-01-27). The 10,000 Year Explosion: How Civilization Accelerated Human Evolution (p. 77).

  5. Cochran, Gregory; Henry Harpending (2009-01-27). The 10,000 Year Explosion: How Civilization Accelerated Human Evolution (p. 71)

  6. Cochran, Gregory; Henry Harpending (2009-01-27). The 10,000 Year Explosion: How Civilization Accelerated Human Evolution (p. 79)

  7. Gregory Cochran and Henry Harpending, The 10,000 Year Explosion: How Civilization Accelerated Human Evolution (Basic Books), pp. 69-70.

  8. ibid, p. 76

  9. ibid

  10. “Nestle, Glaxo Lobby UN Over Biggest ‘Epidemic’ Battle Since AIDS”; www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-09-16/biggest-un-epidemic-battle-since-aids-pits-nestle-glaxo-vs-health-lobby.html

  11. A “Origins and Evolution of the Western Diet: Health Implications for the 21st Century”; www.ajcn.org/content/81/2/341.long

  12. B “Eating, Exercise, and ‘Thrifty’ Genotypes”; jap.physiology.org/content/96/1/3.long

  13. C www.thyroid8.com/brooklyn-eagle-bay-ridge-eagle-brooklyn-ny-daily-paper-in-brooklyn.html ...

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