Catching Fire

Richard Wrangham

Profile Books Ltd, 2010

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Argues that it was cooking that caused the transformation of our ancestors from apelike beings to Homo erectus. This title focuses on the 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 labour.

ISBN-13
9781846682865
ISBN-10
184668286X
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd
Year
2010
Publication date
2010-05-27
Pages
320
Dimensions
197x130x21
Weight
226