Catching fire : how cooking made us human / Richard Wrangham.
2009
GN799.F6 W73 2009 (Mapit)
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Title
Catching fire : how cooking made us human / Richard Wrangham.
Author
Wrangham, Richard W., 1948-
ISBN
9780465013623 (alk. paper)
0465013627 (alk. paper)
0465013627 (alk. paper)
Imprint
New York : Basic Books, c2009.
Language
English
Description
v, 309 p. ; 22 cm.
Call Number
GN799.F6 W73 2009
Dewey Decimal Classification
394.1/2
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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Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-287) and index.
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Table of 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.
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.