Cooking and Human Evolution

1. Listen to podcast
2.  Read the article The Mind on Fire
3. Answer the following questions.
1. What 2 advances have humans carried with them all over the world?
2. How do humans burn most of their calorie budget?
3. How much of that budget is devoted to the brain?
4. If you are thinking really hard about the previous question how much greater has your calorie consumption become?
5. What is Wrangham's hypothesis?
6. How do raw food diets support his hypothesis?
7. Why should they be avoided by children?
8. Where is the majority of raw food digested and absorbed?
9. Where is the majority of cooked food absorbed?why?
10. What does cooking do to things like plant material and meat?
11. How did our body respond to cooking over time?
12. What is the name of Leslie Aiello and Peter Wheeler hypothesis?
13. How does their hypothesis differ from Wrangham's?
14. Why do human's prefer cooked foods? 
15. What compounds are associated with this?
16. What are these compounds?
17. According to Wrangham's hypothesis which of our ancestors mastered fire and cooking?
18. What is considered a major challenge to Wrangham's theory?
19. What are the benefits of fire?