Cooking is underrated. Chimpanzees spend many hours a day just chewing. Cooking our food freed up a lot of time for other activities.
I read a pretty interesting book about this a while ago. It proposes that cooking our food helped the development of our large brains. It's definitely something that sets us apart from other animals.
Cooking is underrated. Chimpanzees spend many hours a day just chewing. Cooking our food freed up a lot of time for other activities.
I read a pretty interesting book about this a while ago. It proposes that cooking our food helped the development of our large brains. It's definitely something that sets us apart from other animals.
https://www.amazon.com/Catching-Fire-Cooking-Made-Human/dp/0465013627?ref=d6k_applink_bb_dls&dplnkId=2154687d-0650-40e8-8fe8-89fe408717d5