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Catching Fire
Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human | Richard Wrangham
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In this stunningly original book, Richard Wrangham argues that it was cooking that caused the extraordinary transformation of our ancestors from apelike beings to Homo erectus. 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 labour. As our ancestors adapted to using fire, humans emerged as "the cooking apes". Covering everything from food-labelling and overweight pets to raw-food faddists, Catching Fire offers a startlingly original argument about how we came to be the social, intelligent, and sexual species we are today. "This notion is surprising, fresh and, in the hands of Richard Wrangham, utterly persuasive ... Big, new ideas do not come along often in evolution these days, but this is one." -Matt Ridley, author of Genome
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Definitivamente está na minha #wishlist.
O vi na loja do museu CosmoCaixa BCN.
É a edição espanhola de #catchingfire

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shanaqui
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I agree broadly: evidence based, plausible and clear. Tempted to go over the gender roles chapter again, though: not entirely sure what to make of it.

BooksTeasAndBookishThings This is a common belief for sure, cooking and the use of our hands allowed for more brain use and growth. 8y
BooksTeasAndBookishThings Now I want to read! The anthropologist in me can't resist! 8y
shanaqui @BooksTeasAndBookishThings I think it's a good attempt to chart when and why we started to cook, and it's quite a quick read too. 😊 8y
BooksTeasAndBookishThings I am fascinated by it all 🙌❤ 8y
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shanaqui

I have been drowning in assignments. Litsy, I miss you, but with my blog and goodreads and Habitica, sometimes I hit capacity before I make it on here!

So this is what I'm reading right now, and it has me convinced. Evidence based and plausible.

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