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Did Cooking Make Us Human?
Title
Did Cooking Make Us Human? [electronic resource (video)] / BBC Worldwide Ltd.
Published
New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2010], c2010.
Physical Description
1 streaming video file (52 min.) : sd., col., digital file.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on July 02, 2010.
Films on Demand is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
Closed-captioned.
Title from distributor's description.
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Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
The use of heat and utensils to process food may be more than a by-product of human evolution. According to theories presented in this program, cooking began much earlier than previously thought and ignited a series of changes that shaped our physical and mental abilities. Viewers visit South African caves containing evidence, including tools and charred bone material, that pushes back the timescale during which proto-humans began to hunt and tame fire. Meanwhile, several noted anthropologists share other ideas concerning the evolution of the human jaw, stomach, and cranium-asserting that the digestion of cooked meat instead of raw helped our ancestors build bigger brains.
Variant and related titles
Films on demand.
Other formats
Originally produced: BBC Worldwide Ltd., 2010
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 20, 2019
System details note
Mode of access: Internet.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Audience
11 & up.
Contents
Evolutionary Changes (3:02)
Primitive Diet and Today's Digestive Systems (5:17)
Australopithecus and Homo Habilis (2:50)
Ancient Hunting Methods (4:55)
Ancient Jaws and Teeth (3:28)
Cooking and Evolution (2:48)
Homo Erectus: Bigger Brain (4:05)
Homo Erectus and Cooked Food (4:54)
Power of Cooked Food (2:07)
Cooked Foods and Energy (3:29)
Food Structure and Cooking (2:04)
Cooked Food and Digestion (4:24)
Energy for Brain Fuel (2:21)
Humans and Sugar Cravings (3:33)
Videorecording number
41962 Infobase
Subjects
Genre/Form
Educational films.
Internet videos.
Also listed under
BBC Worldwide Ltd.
Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Infobase.
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