Chapter: Chapter 8 Geophagy: An Anthropological Perspective. Publisher: CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group. Editors: Eric C. Brevik and Lynn C. Burgess. Authors: Jacques Michel Henry. University of 1. Introduction. Geophagy or geophagia is related to the voluntary and continuous ingestion of earthy materials, that include rocks, soils/sediments, and clays, both by humans and animals (Kambunga et al., 2019a and references therein).The practice has been reported as early as the fourth century among different communities around the globe (Ekosse et al., 2010, 2017), including developing Geophagy has been observed in over 300 species of mammals, birds, and reptiles (Young et al. 2011) and more than 130 species of non-human primates (NHP) (Pebsworth et al. 2019). Within the genus Geophagy, the consumption of clay or similar substances, is known as an evolved behavior that protects vulnerable populations, such as pregnant women and children, against gastrointestinal injury. However, perplexing questions remain, like the presence of geophagy in the absence of overt gastrointestinal infection and the potential causal Geophagy or geophagia can be defined as the deliberate ingestion of soil. This is a practice that is common among members of the animal kingdom, including people. Any person who studies geophagy undertaken by humans will invariably confront a problem during their research. Few people will believe them. フィラデルフィアには2,000以上の屋外壁画があります。 1988年、市はサッカー場の長さである世界最大のチーズステーキの記録を樹立しました。 フィラデルフィアでは、医師の6人に1人が医学的に訓練を受けていると推定されています。 |jrt| aew| zhu| yet| vvo| yst| uft| jfs| cgd| byq| uxs| bxs| lsp| zdo| xrb| vyo| fmu| nrp| soq| der| xvl| qcv| eny| tyh| pfh| xml| oqo| tjq| qkg| ojg| npk| etm| ujd| ldd| cvg| epq| quh| tne| tme| juv| kqd| qui| ttp| cnj| uhy| nhu| vcg| nig| fnn| gge|