Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human - Couverture rigide

Wrangham, Richard

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ISBN 10 : 0465013627 ISBN 13 : 9780465013623

Editeur : Basic Books, 2009

Synopsis

Book by Wrangham Richard

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Ever since Darwin and The Descent of Man, the existence of humans has been attributed to our intelligence and adaptability. But in Catching Fire, renowned primatologist Richard Wrangham presents a startling alternative: our evolutionary success is the result of cooking. In a groundbreaking theory of our origins, Wrangham shows that the shift from raw to cooked foods was the key factor in human evolution. When our ancestors adapted to using fire, humanity began. Once our hominid ancestors began cooking their food, the human digestive tract shrank and the brain grew. Time once spent chewing tough raw food could be sued instead to hunt and to tend camp. Cooking became the basis for pair bonding and marriage, created the household, and even led to a sexual division of labor. Tracing the contemporary implications of our ancestors’ diets, Catching Fire sheds new light on how we came to be the social, intelligent, and sexual species we are today. A pathbreaking new theory of human evolution, Catching Fire will provoke controversy and fascinate anyone interested in our ancient origins—or in our modern eating habits.

Revue de presse

Publishers Weekly
“[A] fascinating study... Wrangham's lucid, accessible treatise ranges across nutritional science, Paleontology and studies of ape behavior and hunter-gatherer societies; the result is a tour de force of natural history and a profound analysis of cooking's role in daily life.”

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Basic Books
• Date d'édition: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0465013627
• ISBN 13: 9780465013623
• Reliure: Relié
• Langue: anglais
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 320