Major and Minor Causes of Geophagy–Lithophagy in Animals and Humans
The analyzed data set on the problem of geophagy–lithophagy shows that the instinctive desire, preserved in many groups of animals and humans, to eat mineral–crystalline substances—products of hypergenic transformation of various rocks in the most general form—is a manifestation of an evolutionarily...
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| Main Authors: | Alexander M. Panichev, Kirill S. Golokhvast |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2025-02-01
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| Series: | Geosciences |
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/15/3/75 |
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