Catching fire : how cooking made us human /
Wrangham, Richard W., 1948-
Catching fire : how cooking made us human / How cooking made us human Richard Wrangham. - New York : Basic Books, c2009. - v, 309 p. ; 22 cm. - Science .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-287) and index.
The cooking hypothesis -- Quest for raw-foodists -- The cook's body -- The energy theory of cooking -- When cooking began -- Brain foods -- How cooking frees men -- The married cook -- The cook's journey -- The well-informed cook.
In this stunningly original book, renowned primatologist Richard Wrangham argues that "cooking" created the human race. At the heart of "Catching Fire" lies an explosive new idea: 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.
9780465013623 (alk. paper) 0465013627 (alk. paper)
2009001742
Prehistoric peoples--Food.
Roasting (Cooking)--History.
Fire--History.
Hearths, Prehistoric.
Food habits--History.
394.1/2
Catching fire : how cooking made us human / How cooking made us human Richard Wrangham. - New York : Basic Books, c2009. - v, 309 p. ; 22 cm. - Science .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-287) and index.
The cooking hypothesis -- Quest for raw-foodists -- The cook's body -- The energy theory of cooking -- When cooking began -- Brain foods -- How cooking frees men -- The married cook -- The cook's journey -- The well-informed cook.
In this stunningly original book, renowned primatologist Richard Wrangham argues that "cooking" created the human race. At the heart of "Catching Fire" lies an explosive new idea: 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.
9780465013623 (alk. paper) 0465013627 (alk. paper)
2009001742
Prehistoric peoples--Food.
Roasting (Cooking)--History.
Fire--History.
Hearths, Prehistoric.
Food habits--History.
394.1/2