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Title
Catching fire : how cooking made us human
Type
Text
Contribution
Wrangham, Richard W., 1948- (Contributor)
Subject
Prehistoric peoples--Food. (LCSH)
Roasting (Cooking)--History. (LCSH)
Fire--History. (LCSH)
Hearths, Prehistoric (LCSH)
Food habits--History. (LCSH)
Language
English
Classification
LCC: GN799.F6 W73 2009
DDC: 394.1/2 full
Supplementary Content
bibliography
index
Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-287) and index.
Content
text
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.
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.
Authorized Access Point
Wrangham, Richard W., 1948- Catching fire : how cooking made us human
Admin Metadata
Generation Process: DLC marc2bibframe2 v1.7.0-SNAPSHOT
Status: corrected or revised
Encoding Level: core
Description Conventions: Anglo-American cataloguing rules
Identified By: bf:Local, 15588420
Change Date: 2018-10-15T11:56:16
Creation Date: 2009-01-15
Description Modifier: United States, Library of Congress
Description Authentication:
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