With Bitter Herbs They Shall Eat It: Chemical Ecology and the origins of Human Diet and Medicine, Timothy A. Johns. 1990. University of Arizona Press, Tucson, AZ. 350 pages. ISBN: 0-8165-1023-7. $40.00

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  1990

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  Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society

• Publication date

  1990-09-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science, History

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  DOI 10.5860/choice.28-5673
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