Maasai Gummivory: Implications for Paleolithic Diets and Contemporary Health

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Previous articleNext article No AccessReportsMaasai Gummivory: Implications for Paleolithic Diets and Contemporary Health1Timothy Johns, Mythili Nagarajan, Moringe L. Parkipuny, and Peter J. H. JonesTimothy JohnsSchool of Dietetics and Human Nutrition, Macdonald Campus, McGill University, Ste. Anne de Bellevue, QC, Canada H9X 3V9 (Johns and Jones)/Enzymatic Therapy, 825 Challenger Drive, Green Bay, Wis. 54311, U.S.A. (Nagarajan)/Korongoro Integrated Peoples Oriented to Conservation, Loliondo, Tanzania (Parkipuny). 8 vii 99 Search for more articles by this author , Mythili NagarajanSchool of Dietetics and Human Nutrition, Macdonald Campus, McGill University, Ste. Anne de Bellevue, QC, Canada H9X 3V9 (Johns and Jones)/Enzymatic Therapy, 825 Challenger Drive, Green Bay, Wis. 54311, U.S.A. (Nagarajan)/Korongoro Integrated Peoples Oriented to Conservation, Loliondo, Tanzania (Parkipuny). 8 vii 99 Search for more articles by this author , Moringe L. ParkipunySchool of Dietetics and Human Nutrition, Macdonald Campus, McGill University, Ste. Anne de Bellevue, QC, Canada H9X 3V9 (Johns and Jones)/Enzymatic Therapy, 825 Challenger Drive, Green Bay, Wis. 54311, U.S.A. (Nagarajan)/Korongoro Integrated Peoples Oriented to Conservation, Loliondo, Tanzania (Parkipuny). 8 vii 99 Search for more articles by this author , and Peter J. H. JonesSchool of Dietetics and Human Nutrition, Macdonald Campus, McGill University, Ste. Anne de Bellevue, QC, Canada H9X 3V9 (Johns and Jones)/Enzymatic Therapy, 825 Challenger Drive, Green Bay, Wis. 54311, U.S.A. (Nagarajan)/Korongoro Integrated Peoples Oriented to Conservation, Loliondo, Tanzania (Parkipuny). 8 vii 99 Search for more articles by this author School of Dietetics and Human Nutrition, Macdonald Campus, McGill University, Ste. Anne de Bellevue, QC, Canada H9X 3V9 (Johns and Jones)/Enzymatic Therapy, 825 Challenger Drive, Green Bay, Wis. 54311, U.S.A. (Nagarajan)/Korongoro Integrated Peoples Oriented to Conservation, Loliondo, Tanzania (Parkipuny). 8 vii 99PDFPDF PLUSFull Text Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Current Anthropology Volume 41, Number 3June 2000 Sponsored by the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/300152 Views: 109Total views on this site Citations: 9Citations are reported from Crossref PDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Lindiwe Sibeko, Timothy Johns Global survey of medicinal plants during lactation and postpartum recovery: Evolutionary perspectives and contemporary health implications, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 270 (Apr 2021): 113812.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2021.113812Casey J. Roulette, Efrem-Fred A. Njau, Marsha B. Quinlan, Robert J. Quinlan, Douglas R. Call Medicinal foods and beverages among Maasai agro-pastoralists in northern Tanzania, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 216 (Apr 2018): 191–202.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2018.01.022Gorka Menendez-Baceta, Laura Aceituno-Mata, Javier Tardío, Victoria Reyes-García, Manuel Pardo-de-Santayana Wild edible plants traditionally gathered in Gorbeialdea (Biscay, Basque Country), Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 59, no.77 (Oct 2011): 1329–1347.https://doi.org/10.1007/s10722-011-9760-zElliott C. Forsythe, Susan M. Ford Craniofacial Adaptations to Tree-Gouging Among Marmosets, The Anatomical Record: Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology 294, no.1212 (Nov 2011): 2131–2139.https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.21500Tammy Y. Watkins The Prevalence of Wild Food Knowledge Among Nomadic Turkana of Northern Kenya, Journal of Ethnobiology 30, no.11 (Mar 2010): 137–152.https://doi.org/10.2993/0278-0771-30.1.137Andrew C. Smith Exudativory in Primates: Interspecific Patterns, (Aug 2010): 45–87.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6661-2_3Andrew C. Smith Influences on Gum Feeding in Primates, (Aug 2010): 109–121.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6661-2_5Patrick L. Owen, Timothy Johns Antioxidants in Medicines and Spices as Cardioprotective Agents in Tibetan Highlanders, Pharmaceutical Biology 40, no.55 (Sep 2008): 346–357.https://doi.org/10.1076/phbi.40.5.346.8461Gary Haynes The catastrophic extinction of North American mammoths and mastodonts, World Archaeology 33, no.33 (Jan 2002): 391–416.https://doi.org/10.1080/00438240120107440