Comments on: Reveling in Books: Catching Fire http://gherkinstomatoes.com/2009/06/22/reveling-in-books-catching-fire/ Cooks and Cooking Throughout History: Feeding the Hungers of the World Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:25:54 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Hunger is the Best Sauce « Gherkins & Tomatoes http://gherkinstomatoes.com/2009/06/22/reveling-in-books-catching-fire/#comment-1932 Hunger is the Best Sauce « Gherkins & Tomatoes Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:53:14 +0000 http://gherkinstomatoes.com/?p=10460#comment-1932 [...] early human groups, as Richard Wrangham suggests in Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human,  the practice cooking did much to alleviate the time spent eating and probably led to social [...] [...] early human groups, as Richard Wrangham suggests in Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human,  the practice cooking did much to alleviate the time spent eating and probably led to social [...]

]]> By: cbertel http://gherkinstomatoes.com/2009/06/22/reveling-in-books-catching-fire/#comment-1199 cbertel Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:46:03 +0000 http://gherkinstomatoes.com/?p=10460#comment-1199 Mae, one more thought just occurred to me in regard to your question: what we are talking about with animals is innate behavior, whereas with humans (we'd like to think anyway!) is due to culture or learned/acquired behavior and status. Mae, one more thought just occurred to me in regard to your question: what we are talking about with animals is innate behavior, whereas with humans (we’d like to think anyway!) is due to culture or learned/acquired behavior and status.

]]> By: cbertel http://gherkinstomatoes.com/2009/06/22/reveling-in-books-catching-fire/#comment-1198 cbertel Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:50:20 +0000 http://gherkinstomatoes.com/?p=10460#comment-1198 There were such traits beforehand, obviously due to child-bearing, etc. Wrangham is talking mostly about food-related behavior, and how that solidified sex-related labor differences. Wrangham bases his argument on his observations of the behavior of apes, saying that their food behavior is very different from that of humans. Apparently there's not much difference between apes gender-wise when it comes to food. Don't forget, it's not fire per se that created this difference, but the act of cooking. At least according to the hypothesis. Much food for thought. I encourage you to read the book and I would like to hear what you think if you do. There were such traits beforehand, obviously due to child-bearing, etc. Wrangham is talking mostly about food-related behavior, and how that solidified sex-related labor differences. Wrangham bases his argument on his observations of the behavior of apes, saying that their food behavior is very different from that of humans. Apparently there’s not much difference between apes gender-wise when it comes to food. Don’t forget, it’s not fire per se that created this difference, but the act of cooking. At least according to the hypothesis.

Much food for thought. I encourage you to read the book and I would like to hear what you think if you do.

]]> By: mae http://gherkinstomatoes.com/2009/06/22/reveling-in-books-catching-fire/#comment-1197 mae Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:33:07 +0000 http://gherkinstomatoes.com/?p=10460#comment-1197 I haven't read the book, but I'm curious about the claims about pair bonding and sex-role differentiation being due to cooking. These traits are shared by many other species, including many birds, so fire isn't necessary for their development. Is there clear evidence that these traits were absent prior to our species learning to cook? I haven’t read the book, but I’m curious about the claims about pair bonding and sex-role differentiation being due to cooking. These traits are shared by many other species, including many birds, so fire isn’t necessary for their development. Is there clear evidence that these traits were absent prior to our species learning to cook?

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