Aposematism
An Alternative Hypothesis on How We Discover Medicinal Organisms
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7879633 |
|---|---|
| Authors | El Colegio de Michoacán Centro de Estudios en Geografía Humana (corresponding author), Nemer Narchi (El Colegio de México) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2017-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Ecological Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1528-6509 • E-ISSN: 2162-4593 |
| Publisher | University of South Florida Libraries (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5038/2162-4593.19.1.1208 |
| OpenAlex | W4252493219 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 9 |
The most widely accepted theories as to how primates select medicinal organisms are based on smelling-tasting bitter, and most of the times toxic, plants (Etkin & Ross, 1982; Johns, 1990). In primates, however, the senses of smell and taste are not as dominant as vision, an evolutionary trait which has been proven to be one of the most favored. I present a perspective claiming that aposematism, the conspicuous coloration displayed by toxic organisms, may play an important role in human recognition of medicinal organisms. This paper represents an open invitation for ecological anthropologists and ethnobiologists to generate empirical data that can support the aposematic hypothesis of medicine selection
Aposematism · Biology · Mimicry · Predation · Taste · Trait · Animal and Plant Science Education · Computer Science · Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity · Neuroscience · Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies · Artificial Intelligence · Ecology
Ethnobiological Classification
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Therapeutic properties and uses of marine invertebrates in the ancient Greek world and early Byzantium
Aposematism
Food as medicine and medicine as food
An ethnomedicinal study of the Seri people; a group of hunter-gatherers and fishers native to the Sonoran Desert
A Sensory Ecology of Medicinal Plant Therapy in Two Amazonian Societies
| Citations per year | 0.11 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2017 - 2017 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |