VARIOUS INTERNATIONAL MEDIA: Hard chews: why mastication played crucial role in evolution

  • Adam Van Casteren

Press/Media: Research

Period17 Aug 2022 → 20 Aug 2022

Media coverage

4

Media coverage

  • TitleHard chews: why mastication played crucial role in evolution
    Media name/outletNew York Times
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryUnited States
    Date20/08/22
    DescriptionA preeminent study has, for the first time, directly measured the energetic cost of chewing in humans and has suggested it may have played a crucial role in the evolution of human jaws, chewing muscles and teeth.

    The University of Manchester led study - published in the journal Science Advances - indicates that you exert more energy when chewing hard to process foods like nuts and raw fruit.
    URLhttps://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/17/science/chewing-human-evolution.html?auth=login-email&login=email
    PersonsAdam Van Casteren
  • TitleHard chews: why mastication played crucial role in evolution
    Media name/outletBBC World Service
    Media typeRadio
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date20/08/22
    DescriptionA preeminent study has, for the first time, directly measured the energetic cost of chewing in humans and has suggested it may have played a crucial role in the evolution of human jaws, chewing muscles and teeth.

    The University of Manchester led study - published in the journal Science Advances - indicates that you exert more energy when chewing hard to process foods like nuts and raw fruit.
    PersonsAdam Van Casteren
  • TitleThe energetic cost of chewing
    Media name/outletScience
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryUnited States
    Date18/08/22
    DescriptionA preeminent study has, for the first time, directly measured the energetic cost of chewing in humans and has suggested it may have played a crucial role in the evolution of human jaws, chewing muscles and teeth.

    The University of Manchester led study - published in the journal Science Advances - indicates that you exert more energy when chewing hard to process foods like nuts and raw fruit.
    URLhttps://www.science.org/content/podcast/monitoring-nearby-star-s-midlife-crisis-and-energetic-cost-chewing
    PersonsAdam Van Casteren
  • TitleChewing can increase your body's energy use by up to 15 per cent
    Media name/outletNew Scientist
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date17/08/22
    DescriptionResearchers used a plastic dome placed over people's heads to measure how much energy they expended chewing gum versus sitting idly. They found chewing gum uses a significant amount of energy
    URLhttps://www.newscientist.com/article/2334299-chewing-can-increase-your-bodys-energy-use-by-up-to-15-per-cent/
    PersonsAdam Van Casteren

Keywords

  • chewing
  • evolution