Did the modern human species arise after our ancestors started cooking their food? In his new book, "Catching Fire", Richard Wrangham argues that is was the practice of cooking food that was central ...

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Fire played a massive role in the development of human society as well as in the physiology of modern humans. For a long time, experts thought that the relationship between humans and fire was forged ...

A new analysis argues that this daily work of processing and cooking food helped reshape human bodies and social life. It explores how fire, tools, and cooperation driven by women changed humans’ ...

NEW YORK -- If you're cooking a meal for Thanksgiving or just showing up to feast, you're part of a long human history -- one that's older than our own species. Some scientists estimate our early ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

In Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human, primatologist Richard Wrangham argues that cooking gave early humans an advantage over other... Did Cooking Give Humans An Evolutionary Edge? PAUL RAEBURN, ...

If you’ve ever cooked a complex meal with someone, you know the level of coordination required. Someone dices this, someone sautés that, as you dance around holding knives and hot pans. Meanwhile, you ...