Rachel N Carmody
Biographic Data
| ID | 163986 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rachel N Carmody |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rachel N |
| FAMILY NAME | Carmody |
| SIGNATURE | CARMODY R N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Harvard University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7505-9646 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 89 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Gut Microbial Intersections with Human Ecology and Evolution
Although microbiome science is relatively young, our knowledge of human-microbiome interactions is growing rapidly and has already begun to transform our understanding of human ecology and evolution. Here we summarize our current understanding of three-way interactions between the gut microbiota, human ecology, and human evolution. We review the factors driving microbiome variation within and between individuals and populations, as well as compar…
Influences of the Control of Fire on the Energy Value and Composition of the Human Diet
Cooking is unique to our species and a human universal, but until recently little has been known about its nutritional significance. This chapter reviews evidence that cooking predictably increases the net energy gained from food. The control of fire would therefore have supported rising energy budgets and novel adaptations, including reductions in digestive structures. Dietary composition would have been affected in two opposing ways. The contro…
Cooking increases net energy gain from a lipid‐rich food
Starch, protein, and lipid are three major sources of calories in the human diet. The unique and universal human practice of cooking has been demonstrated to increase the energy gained from foods rich in starch or protein. Yet no studies have tested whether cooking has equivalent effects on the energy gained from lipid‐rich foods. Using mice as a model, we addressed this question by examining the impact of cooking on the energy gained from peanut…
The significance of cooking for early hominin scavenging
Diet rapidly and reproducibly alters the human gut microbiome
Human adaptation to the control of fire
Charles Darwin attributed human evolutionary success to three traits. Our social habits and anatomy were important, he said, but the critical feature was our intelligence, because it led to so much else, including such traits as language, weapons, tools, boats, and the control of fire. Among these, he opined, the control of fire was “probably the greatest ever [discovery] made by man, excepting language.” Despite this early suggestion that the co…
The energetic significance of cooking
The energetic significance of cooking
The significance of cooking for early hominin scavenging
Cooking increases net energy gain from a lipid‐rich food
Starch, protein, and lipid are three major sources of calories in the human diet. The unique and universal human practice of cooking has been demonstrated to increase the energy gained from foods rich in starch or protein. Yet no studies have tested whether cooking has equivalent effects on the energy gained from lipid‐rich foods. Using mice as a model, we addressed this question by examining the impact of cooking on the energy gained from peanut…
Gut Microbial Intersections with Human Ecology and Evolution
Although microbiome science is relatively young, our knowledge of human-microbiome interactions is growing rapidly and has already begun to transform our understanding of human ecology and evolution. Here we summarize our current understanding of three-way interactions between the gut microbiota, human ecology, and human evolution. We review the factors driving microbiome variation within and between individuals and populations, as well as compar…
The energetic significance of cooking
Human adaptation to the control of fire
Charles Darwin attributed human evolutionary success to three traits. Our social habits and anatomy were important, he said, but the critical feature was our intelligence, because it led to so much else, including such traits as language, weapons, tools, boats, and the control of fire. Among these, he opined, the control of fire was “probably the greatest ever [discovery] made by man, excepting language.” Despite this early suggestion that the co…
Diet rapidly and reproducibly alters the human gut microbiome
Cooking increases net energy gain from a lipid‐rich food
Starch, protein, and lipid are three major sources of calories in the human diet. The unique and universal human practice of cooking has been demonstrated to increase the energy gained from foods rich in starch or protein. Yet no studies have tested whether cooking has equivalent effects on the energy gained from lipid‐rich foods. Using mice as a model, we addressed this question by examining the impact of cooking on the energy gained from peanut…
The significance of cooking for early hominin scavenging
Influences of the Control of Fire on the Energy Value and Composition of the Human Diet
Cooking is unique to our species and a human universal, but until recently little has been known about its nutritional significance. This chapter reviews evidence that cooking predictably increases the net energy gained from food. The control of fire would therefore have supported rising energy budgets and novel adaptations, including reductions in digestive structures. Dietary composition would have been affected in two opposing ways. The contro…
Gut Microbial Intersections with Human Ecology and Evolution
Although microbiome science is relatively young, our knowledge of human-microbiome interactions is growing rapidly and has already begun to transform our understanding of human ecology and evolution. Here we summarize our current understanding of three-way interactions between the gut microbiota, human ecology, and human evolution. We review the factors driving microbiome variation within and between individuals and populations, as well as compar…
Biology (7 works) · Food Science (5 works) · Diet and metabolism studies (4 works) · Food Science (3 works) · Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact (2 works) · Bacteria (2 works) · Chemistry (2 works) · Ecology (2 works) · Evolutionary ecology (2 works) · Gut microbiota and health (2 works)