Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Human Diet and Evolution


Recent studies suggest that diet was a key component of the mental development of humans. The transition from raw wild foods to a diet that was high in energy and took less energy for the body to process (i.e. meat) allowed more energy to be spent on brain development. Cooking was equally important since it made foods easier to digest. Click here for the full story from NPR.

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