The Campfire Of Civilization?

By The Daily Dish

biological anthropologist Richard Wrangham's new book on cooking:

The ambition of Wrangham's theory gives it great appeal: Cooking is a powerful biological force and the universal activity around which the rest of human historythe households and tribes, the migrations and wars, the religion and sciencearranged itself.

This article available online at:

http://www.theatlantic.com/daily-dish/archive/2009/06/the-campfire-of-civilization/200855/