Preface . . ix

1 Introduction . . 1
2 Human fatness in broad context . . 16
3 Proximate causes of lipid deposition and oxidation . . 49
4 The ontogenetic development of adiposity . . 92
5 The life-course induction of adiposity . . 118
6 The fitness value of fat . . 153
7 The evolutionary biology of adipose tissue . . 195
8 Adiposity in hominin evolution . . 215
9 Adiposity in human evolution . . 244
10 The evolution of human obesity . . 270

References . . 302
Index . . 363