Food: A Very Short Introduction [First edition] 9780199661084, 6000007000, 0199661081

"In this Very Short Introduction, Prof Lord John Krebs provides a brief history of human food, from our remote ance

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English Pages xiv, 130 pages ; 18 cm Year 2013

Food: A Very Short Introduction [First edition]
9780199661084, 6000007000, 0199661081

Table of contents :
The gourmet ape --
I like it! --
When food goes wrong --
You are what you eat --
Feeding the nine billion.

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