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The curiously long absence of cooking in evolutionary thought

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Wrangham, R.·2016·Learning & Behavior
DOI 10.3758/s13420-016-0223-4
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Beran et al. (2015, p. 1) characterized the idea that "cooked food was integral in human evolution" as a "long-held hypothesis" favored by Darwin and Engels. In fact, however, although Darwin and Engels considered the use of cooked food to be an important influence on behavior and society, neither of them suggested that its effects were evolutionary in the sense of affecting biology. Explicit discussion of the possible evolutionary impacts of cooking did not begin until the twentieth century.

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  • The rate of breakdown and net usable energy vary depending on macronutrient composition.

    “The rate of breakdown and net usable energy vary depending on macronutrient composition (ie, a mixed meal high in fiber, protein, and fat will digest much more slowly than a meal high in simple carbohydrates) [25].”

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Authors
Wrangham, R.
Affiliations
Harvard University (US)
Corresponding author
Wrangham, R.
ORCID
Wrangham, R.
Venue
Learning & Behavior
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2016-04-08
Volume
44
Issue
2
Pages
116-117
ISSN
  • 1543-4494 (ISSN-L)
  • 1543-4508
DOI
10.3758/s13420-016-0223-4
OpenAlex
W2314858042
Cited by
4
References
26
Citations by year
2020: 2 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 1
FWCI
6.39
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
Locations
  • Learning & Behavior (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Cultural Studies › Language and cultural evolution
  • Social Sciences › Anthropology › Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
Keywords
cooking, human evolution, history of evolutionary theory, Charles Darwin, Friedrich Engels, cooked foods
MeSH terms
Animals, Cognition, Cooking, Biological Evolution, Humans

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