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OverviewIn Catching Fire, renowned primatologist Richard Wrangham argues that our evolutionary success is the result of cooking. Once our hominid ancestors began cooking, the human digestive tract shrank and the brain grew; and pair bonding, marriage, the household, and even the sexual division of labor emerged. A pathbreaking theory of human evolution, Catching Fire will fascinate anyone interested in our ancient originsor our modern eating habits. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Richard WranghamPublisher: Basic Books Imprint: Basic Books Edition: First Trade Paper Edition Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 21.00cm Weight: 0.311kg ISBN: 9780465020416ISBN 10: 0465020410 Pages: 320 Publication Date: 07 September 2010 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsPublishers 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. Kirkus Reviews An innovative argument that cooked food led to the rise of modern Homo sapiens... Experts will debate Wrangham's thesis, but most readers will be convinced by this lucid, simulating foray into popular anthropology. The Harvard Brain With clear and engaging prose, Catching Fire addresses a key and enduring scientific issue central to the quest to understand our species. It offers new insights for anyone interested in human evolution, history, anthropology, nutrition, and for everyone interested in food. Edward O. Wilson, Harvard University In this thoroughly researched and marvelously well written book, Richard Wrangham has convincingly supplied a missing piece in the evolutionary origin of humanity. Matt Ridley, author of Genome and The Agile Gene Cooking completely transformed the human race, allowing us to live on the ground, develop bigger brains and smaller mouths, and invent specialized sex roles. This notion is surprising, fresh and, in the hands of Richard Wrangham, utterly persuasive. He brings to bear evidence from chimpanzees, fossils, food labs, and dieticians. Big, new ideas do not come along often in evolution these days, but this is one. Steven Raichlen, author of The Barbecue Bible and How to Grill; host of Primal Grill A book of startling originality and breathtaking erudition. Drawing on disciplines as diverse as anthropology, sociology, biology, chemistry, physics, literature, nutrition, and cooking, Richard Wrangham addresses two simple but very profound questions: How did we evolve from Australopithecus to Homo sapiens, and what makes us human? The answer can be found at your barbecue grill and I dare say it will surprise you. Michael Pollan, author of In Defense of Food and The Omnivore's Dilemma Catching Fire is convincing in argument and impressive in its explanatory power. A rich and important book. Seed Magazine ...makes a convincing case for the importance of cooking in the human diet, finding a connection between our need to eat cooked food in order to survive and our preference for soft foods. The popularity of Wonderbread, the digestion of actual lumps of meat, and the dangers of indulging our taste buds all feature in this expository romp through our gustatory evolution. Discover Magazine ...fascinating... The New York Times 'Catching Fire' is a plain-spoken and thoroughly gripping scientific essay that presents nothing less than a new theory of human evolution...one that Darwin (among others) simply missed. Slate.com Brilliant... a fantastically weird way of looking at evolutionary change. The San Francisco Chronicle As new angles go, it's pretty much unbeatable. The Washington Post Wrangham draws together previous studies and theories from disciplines as diverse as anthropology, biology, chemistry, sociology and literature into a cogent and compelling argument. Texas Observer Wrangham's attention to the most subtle of behaviors keeps the reader enrapt...a compelling picture, and one that I now contemplate every time I turn on my stove. Providence Journal Richard Wrangham presents Author InformationRichard Wrangham is the Ruth Moore Professor of Biological Anthropology at Harvard University and Curator of Primate behavioural Biology at the Peabody Museum. He is the co-author of Demonic Males and co-editor of Chimpanzee Cultures. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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