Cost-Benefit Trade-Offs of Aquatic Resource Exploitation in the Context of Hominin Evolution

While the exploitation of aquatic fauna and flora has been documented in several primate species to date, evolutionary contexts mechanisms behind emergence this behavior both human non-human primates remain largely overlooked. Yet, issue is particularly important for our understanding evolution, as hominins represent not only group with highest degree adaptedness environments, but also which true coastal maritime adaptations have evolved. As such, present study we review available literature on foraging strategies related resources their putative associated cognitive operations. We propose that resource consumption extant can be interpreted a highly site-specific behavioral expression generic adaptive decision-making process, emerging sites at local cost-benefit trade-offs contextually favor over terrestrial foods. Within framework, discuss potential impacts unique intensification may had evolution brain spatial ecology.