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1 About this book
Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human, is a 2009 book by British primatologist Richard Wrangham, published by Profile Books in England, and Basic Books in the US. It argues the hypothesis that cooking food was an essential element in the physiological evolution of human beings. It was shortlisted for the 2015 Samuel Johnson Prize.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Good for readers who want: evolution, history, and popular science.
- Evolution
- History
- Popular science
- Science, social aspects
- Diet
- Nutrition
- Cooking
2 About Richard Wrangham
Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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