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Science: Richard Wrangham: Cooking Made Us Human
In the ongoing discussion over evolution vs. creation, Harvard biological anthropologist Richard Wrangham injects a new ingredient: Cooking created the human race. Wrangham's groundbreakingand already controversialbook Catching Fire argues that as our ancestors adapted to using fire, humans emerged as "the cooking apes." The habit of eating cooked rather than raw food, Wrangham asserts, permitted the digestive tract to shrink and the human brain to grow, helped structure human society, and created the male-female division of labor. Presented as part of Seattle Science Lectures, with Pacific Science Center and University Book Store.
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LocationTown Hall Seattle
1119 8th Avenue
Seattle, WA 98101
United States
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