Here's an interesting upcoming lecture sponsored by my alma mater, to be held in January. Entitled Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human, Richard Langham's lecture posits cooking as a significant marker of human evolution.
When Wed., Jan. 27, 2010, 6 – 7 p.m.
Where: Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 xford St.
Type of Event: Presentation/Lecture, Science, Social Sciences, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museum of Natural History
Speaker(s): Richard Wrangham
Cost: Free and open to the public
Lecture and book signing with Richard Wrangham. In his latest book, Harvard biological anthropologist Richard Wrangham puts forth a bold theory — that our Paleolithic homo ancestors tamed fire and began cooking 1.8 million years ago, much earlier than conventionally believed. Wrangham will discuss how the cooking kick started a revolution in human evolution — driving whole scale changes in our physiology, behavior, and cognition that define our species to this very day.
New York Times book review after the cut:
New York Times book review after the cut:
