ASU genetics research sheds light on evolution of the human diet

Diet - and how it has shaped our genome - occupies much of an evolutionary scientist's time. Anne Stone, associate professor of anthropology in Arizona State University's School of Human Evolution and Social Change, will discuss how diet holds keys to understanding who we are, how we live and form societies, and how we evolved from hunter-gatherers to agriculturists, all the way to modern urban dwellers, at the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting. Her seminar - 'Genetic Perspectives on the Evolution of Human Diets' - will be presented at 8:30 AM, 13 February...

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