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Authors: Richard Wrangham

Tags: #Cooking, #History, #Political Science, #Public Policy, #Cultural Policy, #Science, #Life Sciences, #Evolution, #Social Science, #Anthropology, #General, #Cultural, #Popular Culture, #Agriculture & Food, #Technology & Engineering, #Fire Science

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Chimpanzee/gorilla diet comparison
altitude and
anatomical differences
diets
effects
grouping patterns
traveling and
Chimpanzees
brain size/cranial capacity
bush babies and
chewing time
climbing/walking abilities
cold nights and
cooked food preference
domestic vs. wild fruit
feeding system vs. mating system
fire and
food and gender
food begging
food competition
food/detoxification systems
hunting/hunting time
lips of
meat competition
mouth size
nest building
prey parts eaten
raw meat and
raw vs. burned beans/seeds
sexual differences in food
tolerance/cooperation
tool use
violence of (cf. warfare)
Cholesterol
Christian, Molly/Eugene
Clostridium
food poisoning
Cofeeding meaning
Collagen
Collier, Jane
Colon
carnivores
fermentation in
humans
Composition of Foods, The
(McCance and Widdowson)
Conklin-Brittain, NancyLou
Connective tissue
cooking effects
structure
Container use beginnings
Convention (nutrition)
See also
Atwater convention
Cooked food advantages overview
energy and
evolutionary benefits
spontaneous benefits
survival and
See also
Energy of cooked food; Tenderness of food
Cooked food preference
chimpanzee/ape studies
energy and
Koko (gorilla)
overview
prehuman ancestors
sensory-neural system and
taste/texture and
Cooking origins/time
assumptions on
early cooking methods
Homo erectus
scenario of
See also
Archaeological
evidence of cooking
origins; Biological
evidence of cooking origins
Cooking techniques
brain size/cranial capacity and
earth ovens
Homo heidelbergensis
Homo sapiens
hunter-gatherers
natural containers
sausage making
use of containers
Coon, Carleton S.
Copper Inuit
Coppinger, Lorna/Raymond
Crow family brain size
Crusoe, Robinson
Damper (bread)
Dante
Darwin, Charles
cooking fire
intelligence advantages
social insects
Deer droppings
Department of Agriculture (U.S.)
Descent of Man
(Darwin)
Detoxification systems
DeVault, Marjorie
Devivo, Roman
Diabetes
controlling
thrifty-gene hypothesis and
Dietary fiber
Digestibility
Atwater system and
description
factors affecting
obesity and
protein denaturation and
Digestion costs
Atwater convention and
carbohydrates
cooked food and
fat
food surface area and
meal frequency/size
obesity and
protein
python study
rat study
tenderness of food
variability with macronutrients
See also
Cooking techniques
Digestive enzymes
Digestive system (human)
colon size
cooked food effects
digestion vs. fermentation
efficiency of
fiber and
food movement through
high caloric/quick meals and
jaw muscles
mouth size
nonhuman primates vs.
processes of
raw vs. cooked meat
St. Martin study
stomach size
teeth size
See also specific parts
Digestive systems
chewing time and
plant eaters vs. meat eaters
See also
Intestinal system reduction;
specific parts
Dini, Fouad
Dinofelis
Dogs
digestive system
evolution
Dolphin (bottlenose) brain size
Domestic abuse
Domestic animals
Domestic pets
See also
Dogs
Drying and protein denaturation
Dunbar, Robin
Durkheim, Emile
E. coli (Escherichia coli)
food poisoning
Earth ovens
Egg digestibility
amino acids/proteins and
chemical composition
denaturation and
raw vs. cooked
Eggs
ileal digestibility studies
overview
raw egg advocates
storage
Elastin
Endomysium
Energy of cooked food
animal protein
bovine serum albumin
calorie reduction claims
cooked vs. raw eggs
cooked vs. raw starch
labels and
Maillard compounds and
nutrient data on
overview
preference and
protein denaturation
Energy of food
digestion vs. fermentation
ileal digestibility studies
raw-foodism and
U.S. Department of Agriculture
See also
Atwater convention
Epimysium
Escherichia coli (E. coli)
food poisoning
Essex
ship survivors
Evo Diet experiment
diet
results
Evolutionary benefits of cooked food
Evolutionary trade-offs
Expensive tissue hypothesis
intestinal system reduction
non-primate animal examples
primate brain size and
Fat
amount digested
amount in food
blubber
digestion costs
energy from
human needs
lipids
Fat-tailed sheep
Feeding system/mating system relationship
Fernandez-Armesto, Felipe
Finch anatomy and diet
Fire use/control
beginnings
benefits of
hitting rocks and
pyrites
warmth and
See also
Archaeological evidence of cooking origins
Fireless people stories
Fish brain size
Fish farms
Flea diet and anatomy
Foie gras
Food-labeling system
cooked foods and
difficulties with
importance of
See also
Atwater convention
Food poisoning
Foraging populations.
See
Hunter-gatherers
Frazer, James
Freud, Sigmund
G/wi bushmen of Central Kalahari
Gadeb, Ethiopia archaeological site
Galapagos finch anatomy and diet
Galbraith, John Kenneth
Galen
Gelatin
Gelatinization
starchy foods
water and
Genefit Nutrition
(Devivo and Spors)
Genghis Khan
Gesher Benot Ya’aqov, Israel archaeological site
Gibbons
family groups
males as food guards
Giessen Raw Food study
BMI
body weight
description
diet
hunter-gatherers
comparison
reproduction function
results
Gilman, Charlotte Perkins
Gironda, Vince
Glucose
blood levels following eating
gelatinization and
See also
Starchy foods
Glue making
Glycemic index
Goren-Inbar, Naama
Gorillas
cold nights and
feeding system vs. mating system
food sharing and
sleeping places
See also
Chimpanzee/gorilla diet comparison
Goudsblom, Joop
Gould, Stephen Jay
Gowlett, John
Grant, Peter/Rosemary
Gregor, Thomas
Groote Eylandt Aborigines
Group hunting beginnings
Gusinde, Martin
Habilines
anatomy/description
brain size/cranial capacity
climbing ability
diet
fire and
Homo erectus
and
as knife makers
origin time
raw meat and
sleeping places
teeth of
tenderizing meat
walking by
Hadza hunter-gatherers
ekwa tubers
fire use/evidence
sexual division of labor
way of life
Hair
loss in human evolution
overheating and
Hare, Brian
Hayonim Cave, Israel archaeological site
HDL cholesterol
Heterocyclic amines
Heyerdahl, Thor
Holmberg, Allan
Homer
Homo erectus
anatomy/description
balance and
body size
brain size/cranial capacity
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