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In Catching Fire, one of the most ambitious arguments about human evolution since Darwinâs Descent of Man, renowned primatologist Richard Wrangham makes the claim that learning to cook food was the hinge on which human evolution turned. Eating cooked food, he argues, enabled us to evolve our large brains, and cooking itself became a primary focus of human social activityâin short, cooking made us the social, intelligent, and sexual species we are today. Path-breaking and provocative, Catching Fire will fascinate anyone interested in our ancient originsâor in our modern eating habits.
"Catching Fire is convincing in argument and impressive in its explanatory power. A rich and important book.â âMichael Pollan, author of In Defense of Food and The Omnivoreâs Dilemma
âThis is a daringly unorthodox book, and one that might just transform the way we understand ourselves.â âSunday Times (UK)
âThe ambition of Wranghamâs theory gives it great appeal: Cooking is a powerful biological force and the universal activity around which the rest of human historyâthe households and tribes, the migrations and wars, the religion and scienceâarranged itself. But the added treat of the I-cook-therefore-I-am idea is the counterintuitive light it sheds on one of our most intense cultural preoccupationsâliving the right life by eating naturally." âSlate
âAn exhilarating book.â âThe Times (UK)
âA cogent and compelling argument.â âWashington Post
âAbsolutely fascinating.â âNigella Lawson
About: In Catching Fire, one of the most ambitious arguments about human evolution since Darwinâs Descent of Man, renowned primatologist Richard Wrangham makes the claim that learning to cook food was the hinge on which human evolution turned.
About: In Catching Fire, one of the most ambitious arguments about human evolution since Darwinâs Descent of Man, renowned primatologist Richard Wrangham makes the claim that learning to cook food was the hinge on which human evolution turned.
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