Catching fire: how cooking made us human
Auteur :
Wrangham, Richard
Éditeur :
Profile Books Ltd
ISBN :
9781846682865
Date de publication :
27 mai 2010
Dimensions :
21,0 x 15,0 x 2,5 cm
Poids :
227 g
Format :
B-format paperback
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
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.