Catching Fire - How Cooking Made Us Human

Informationen zum Autor Richard Wrangham has taught biological anthropology at Harvard University since 1989. His major interests are chimpanzee behavioral ecology, the evolution of violence and tolerance, human dietary adaptation, and the conservation of chimpanzees and other apes. He has studied chimpanzees in Kibale National Park, Uganda, since 1987. Klappentext Subtitled! "How Cooking Made Us Human". Paperback edition of Wrangham's original book! which argues that is was our habit of eating cooked rather than raw food which permitted us to evolve! and created the male-female division of labour. Covers everything from food-labelling to overweight pets. 'Absolutely fascinating' Nigella Lawson ´Absolutely fascinating´ Nigella Lawson Zusammenfassung 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.

Product details

• Authors: Richard Wrangham
• Publisher: Profile Books
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 27.05.2010
• EAN: 9781846682865
• ISBN: 978-1-84668-286-5
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 197 mm x 21 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Ernährung, Evolution (Abstammungslehre), COOKING / General, SCIENCE / General, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, Cookery / food & drink etc, Cookery / food and drink / food writing