ReviewNutrients2021
Human Evolution and Dietary Ethanol.
Review in Nutrients, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.
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17 citing papers in PubMed.
- Article
- The Evolutionary Misfit: Evolution, Epigenetics, and the Rise of Non-Communicable Diseases.Epigenomes · 2025Review
- Ethanol ingestion via frugivory in wild chimpanzees.Science advances · 2025Article
- Fermented fruits: scrumping, sharing, and the origin of feasting.Bioscience · 2025Review
- Honey bees are resilient to the long-term presence of alcohol in their diet.Ecotoxicology (London, England) · 2025Article
- Ethanol induction of FGF21 in the liver is dependent on histone acetylation and ligand activation of ChREBP by glycerol-3-phosphate.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025Article
- Occasional and constant exposure to dietary ethanol shortens the lifespan of worker honey bees.Journal of comparative physiology. B, Biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology · 2024Article
- Hemichannels contribute to mitochondrial CaFrontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2024Article
- Seed dispersal syndrome predicts ethanol concentration of fruits in a tropical dry forest.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2023Article
- Diet and the evolution ofRoyal Society open science · 2023Article
- FGF21 counteracts alcohol intoxication by activating the noradrenergic nervous system.Cell metabolism · 2023Article
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- TheFEMS microbes · 2023Article
- Hazardous drinking and alcohol use disorders.Nature reviews. Disease primers · 2022Review
- An Ant-Mimicking Jumping Spider Achieves Higher Predation Probability with Lower Success Rate When Exposed to Ethanol.Insects · 2022Article
- Co-Fermentations of Kveik with Non-Conventional Yeasts for Targeted Aroma Modulation.Microorganisms · 2022Article
- The Impact of Alcoholic Beverages on Human Health.Nutrients · 2021Article
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Abstract
The "drunken monkey" hypothesis posits that attraction to ethanol derives from an evolutionary linkage among the sugars of ripe fruit, associated alcoholic fermentation by yeast, and ensuing consumption by human ancestors. First proposed in 2000, this concept has received increasing attention from the fields of animal sensory biology, primate foraging behavior, and molecular evolution. We undertook a review of English language citations subsequent to publication of the original paper and assessed research trends and future directions relative to natural dietary ethanol exposure in primates and other animals. Two major empirical themes emerge: attraction to and consumption of fermenting fruits (and nectar) by numerous vertebrates and invertebrates (e.g.,
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