Cooked food may have facilitated brain development
Easy availability of calories through cooking may have allowed diversion of energy from gut to brain in early humans, nurturing cognitive innovations including abstract thinking, creation of art and invention of tools, study suggests. And: Cooking pot responsible for dramatic change in human brain size, Harvard primatologist believes (click 'See also').
LiveScience 2008-08-11
Categories: COMMUNITY & CULTURE, Cultural Studies & Anthropology, Health & Physiology, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
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