This month, leading experts on health and human evolution will convene at
the University of Arkansas for a symposium on human diet.  Presenters will
discuss how diet developed as the human lineage evolved, what can be known
about proper human nutrition, and how the foods we eat today impact our
health and bodies.

Sponsored by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the symposium is titled "The
Evolution of Human Diet: the Known, the Unknown and the Unknowable." It
takes place 14-15 August 2003. All members of the media and public are
invited to attend free of charge, and no registration is required.

More than a dozen experts on human evolution, nutrition, behavioral
ecology, anthropology and medicine will deliver presentations over the two-
day event.  Presenters range from academic researchers to popular authors.
The Presenters include: Bunn, Henry, Loren Cordain, David Daegling, Boyd
Eaton, Frederick Grine, Katharine Milton, Margaret Schoeninger, Barry
Sears, Jeanne Sept, John Shea, Mark Teaford, Peter Ungar, and Richard

Wrangham will discuss primary and supplementary food choices of human
ancestors as evidenced by dental physiology and digestive anatomy and the
role of cooked foods in the development of our species.  Sears, author
of "The Zone," will address the health consequences of adopting a "Neo-
Paleolithic" diet of low-fat protein, fruits and vegetables. Particularly,
Sears will address the hormonal effects and anti-inflammatory benefits of
such a low-carbohydrate diet.

More at: http://www.sloandietworkshop.org/

Keith