geophagia

I thought that was an irrelevant example, because people don't normally eat tobacco and tobacco use is such a recent invention in human history that I can't see how it could have anything to do with the origin of geophagia that is said to have been practiced in ancient Sumeria.

Let them it dirt! AYDIN 2006

An interesting news article by Trevor Stokes in this week's Nature vol. 444, pp.543-544 is about geophagia, the practice of eating soil, usually clay, by humans.

Let them it dirt! AYDIN 2006

The article reports that geophagia is present in many parts of the world, but from the examples mentioned, it seems to be most prevalent among African children and pregnant women.

Archive 2006-12-01 AYDIN 2006

The article reports that geophagia is present in many parts of the world, but from the examples mentioned, it seems to be most prevalent among African children and pregnant women.

Let them it dirt! AYDIN 2006

An interesting news article by Trevor Stokes in this week's Nature vol. 444, pp.543-544 is about geophagia, the practice of eating soil, usually clay, by humans.

Archive 2006-12-01 AYDIN 2006

I thought that was an irrelevant example, because people don't normally eat tobacco and tobacco use is such a recent invention in human history that I can't see how it could have anything to do with the origin of geophagia that is said to have been practiced in ancient Sumeria.

Archive 2006-12-01 AYDIN 2006

(Via Archinect Forum.) 3) Cabinet Magazine on geophagia.

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