Docosahexaenoic acid, the aquatic diet, and hominin encephalization: Difficulties in establishing evolutionary links

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Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), an n-3 fatty acid, is essential for the development of the human nervous system which is a primary constituent of membrane phospholipids within the synaptic networks of the brain essential for optimal cognitive functioning. Preformed DHA is an integral dietary constituent during evolution of the genus Homo to facilitate the growth and development of an encephalizing brain.

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Docosahexaenoic acid and shore-based diets in hominin encephalization: A Rebuttal

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Carlson and Kingston proposed that preformed dietary docosahexaenoic acid did not have a significant role in hominin encephalization. This concept is rejected and restated the support for the concept that access to shore-based diets containing docosahexaenoic acid necessary for hominin encephalization beyond the level seen in the great apes.

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Docosahexaenoic acid biosynthesis and dietary contingency: Encephalization without aquatic constraint

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The nutritional, physiological and archeological premises underlying the perspectives that access to an aquatic diet rich in docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) are examined. It is found that regular consumption of aquatic resources rich in preformed DHA is not essential.

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