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Catching fire : how cooking made us human / Richard Wrangham

By:

Wrangham, Richard W, , 1948-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Basic Books , c2009.Description: v, 309 p. ; 22 cmISBN:

9780465013623

Other title:

How cooking made us human

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

394.12 WRA

LOC classification:

GN799.F6 W73 2009

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	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	394.12 WRA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		037160

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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.

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