ISBN:
0465013627
,
9780465013623
Language:
English
Pages:
v, 309 S.
,
22 cm
DDC:
394.1/2
Keywords:
Prehistoric peoples Food
;
Roasting (Cooking) History
;
Fire History
;
Hearths, Prehistoric
;
Food habits History
;
Kochen
;
Kultur
;
Geschichte
;
Vor- und Frühgeschichte
Abstract:
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
Description / 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.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-287) and index
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