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Why Are Humans Different From All Other Apes? It’s the Cooking. (nytimes.com)
30 points by robg on June 1, 2009 | hide | past | favorite | 3 comments



Link to single page version:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/27/books/27garn.html?pagewant...

Beside, the Economist had this ages ago, and it was submitted to much discussion.

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=490292

http://www.economist.com/science/displayStory.cfm?story_id=1...

http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/wrangham/wrangham_index.html

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=554977

Having said that, it was submitted so long ago it looks like it's no longer possible to add comments there, so it may as well be discussed again here.


>>Marriage, or what Mr. Wrangham calls "a primitive protection racket," was a solution.

I am happily married, and it's a little bit more than a protection racket for me, but this made me laugh :)


Humans and chimps both taste the same to me.




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