Catching fire how cooking made us human
Primatologist Richard Wrangham argues that "cooking" created the human race because the habit of eating cooked rather than raw food permitted the digestive tract to shrink and the human brain to grow, helped structure human society, and created the male-female division of labor
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York
Basic Books
2010, c2009, 2010
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| Collection: | Anthropology Online - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | Primatologist Richard Wrangham argues that "cooking" created the human race because the habit of eating cooked rather than raw food permitted the digestive tract to shrink and the human brain to grow, helped structure human society, and created the male-female division of labor |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (v, 309 p.) (21 cm.) |