Aposematism: An Alternative Hypothesis on How We Discover Medicinal Organisms.
The most widely accepted theories as to how primates select medicinal organisms are based on smelling and tasting bitter--and most of the times toxic--plants (Etkin and Ross 1982; Johns 1990). In primates, however, the senses of smell and taste are not as dominant as is vision. I present a perspecti...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Ecological Anthropology Vol. 19; no. 1; pp. 18 - 29 |
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Journal of Ecological Anthropology
2017
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