Stories by Rachael Moeller Gorman

Evolving Bigger Brains through Cooking: A Q&A with Richard Wrangham

Our intelligence has enabled us to conquer the world. The secret for the big brains, says biological anthropologist Richard Wrangham, is cooking, which made digestion easier and liberated more calories...

December 19, 2007 — Rachael Moeller Gorman

Evolution

Cooking Up Bigger Brains

Our hominid ancestors could never have eaten enough raw food to support our large, calorie-hungry brains, Richard Wrangham claims. The secret to our evolution, he says, is cooking

December 16, 2007 — Rachael Moeller Gorman