Friday, 1:15pm "The Energy Theory of Cooking, and It's Significance for Human Evolution" a talk by Richard Wrangham

Come join the department of Evolutionary Anthropology for a talk by Richard Wrangham on the energy theory of human cooking.

Richard Wrangham is a primatologist and Professor in Biological Anthropology at Harvard University. His primary studies include chimpanzee behaviour in Kibale Forest National Park, Uganda. His current interest is the study of human evolution in which he draws conclusions based on the behavioural tendencies of apes. He is the co-author of a book entitled /Demonic Males: Apes and the Origins of Human Violence/ with Dale Peterson. As a graduate student, Wrangham studied under Jane Goodall. He comes to speak to our department on his controversial theory about the role of cooking in human evolution. Wrangham argues that cooking explains the increase in hominid brain sizes, smaller teeth and jaws, decreased sexual dimorphism, and a shift toward monogamy that occurred roughly 1.8 million years ago.

Free refreshments to follow!