EVIDENCE CLAIM
Human populations show specific diet-related biological adaptations, including differences in the ability to digest or tolerate some foods.
- Evidence category
- Established operating principles
- Claim type
- Historical
- Last reviewed
- August 11, 2026
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What the evidence supports
Jelenkovic, Ibáñez-Zamacona, and Rebato review genetic and cultural coevolution around diet, including population differences in digestion and tolerance shaped by historical selection pressures.
What it does not establish
This does not establish that ancestry determines an ideal modern diet, that population averages prescribe individual eating, or that every dietary preference is genetically adaptive.
Context
The book uses this evidence to reject a generic-body assumption without turning ancestry into dietary determinism.
Evidence classification
Established operating principles
Broad, mature principles of human biology, behavior, or regulation supported across a substantial body of research.
Sources
Sources are listed according to the role they play in this claim. One source may provide direct support, another may explain a mechanism, establish a limitation, or prevent an interpretation from becoming broader than the evidence allows.
Primary support
Aline Jelenkovic, María Eugenia Ibáñez-Zamacona, and Esther Rebato, “Human Adaptations to Diet: Biological and Cultural Coevolution,” Advances in Genetics 111 (2024): 117–147, https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.adgen.2024.01.004.
book chapter · narrative review
Reviews diet-related human biological and cultural adaptations across populations.
Where this appears in the book
The printed book preserves the claim inside the argument that gives it meaning. These references connect the current digital record to the first-edition evidence trail.
Chapter 17: Food Timing as an Input
Human populations differ in some diet-related traits, and physical demand changes nutritional needs. · First edition, 2026
Human OS connections
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