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Catching fire : how cooking made us human / Richard Wrangham.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: SciencePublication details: New York : Basic Books, c2009.Description: v, 309 p. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780465013623 (alk. paper)
  • 0465013627 (alk. paper)
Other title:
  • How cooking made us human
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 394.1/2
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) GN 799 W941c 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000104346

Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-287) and index.

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.

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.

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