Catching fire : how cooking made us human / Richard Wrangham.
| Author/creator | Wrangham, Richard W., 1948- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York : Basic Books, 2010, c2009. |
| Description | 1 online resource (v, 309 p. ; 21 cm.) |
| Supplemental Content | https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=http://www.aspresolver.com/aspresolver.asp?ANTH;1672744 |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction: 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 -- Epilogue: the well-informed cook. |
| Abstract | Primatologist Richard Wrangham argues that "cooking" created the human race because 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-287) and index. |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |