Book
| Authors: |
Wrangham, Richard W., 1948-
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| Title: |
Catching fire : how cooking made us human / Richard Wrangham. |
| Published: |
New York : Basic Books, c2009. |
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| Description: |
v, 309 p. ; 22 cm. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Notes: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-287) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780465013623 (alk. paper) |
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0465013627 (alk. paper) |
| Subject: |
Prehistoric peoples -- Food.
Roasting (Cookery) -- History.
Fire -- History.
Hearths, Prehistoric.
Food habits -- History.
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| Title: |
How cooking made us human |
| HOLLIS number |
011941780 |
| Link to this record |
http://discovery.lib.harvard.edu//accessible.ashx?itemid=%7clibrary%2fm%2faleph%7c011941780
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