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Weird Science: Let Me Cook!
John PhD
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In this one-time class, students will learn about the human evolutionary path as influenced by a remarkable innovation - cooking!
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Science can be beautiful, miraculous, and sometimes downright weird! Do you know why we cook food? I’m not sure about you, but a cooked hamburger sounds far more appealing to me than raw meat… There is more to cooking, however, than just the appeal of non-raw-stuff. Many studies claim that cooking may have been one of humans most important adaptations throughout our development. Cooking may have provided the opportunity for larger brains, more innovative tool use and design, perhaps...
Young scientists will learn about what cooking may have done to change our evolutionary path, and how it has helped us live the lives we do today!
This class is based on a hypothesis put forth by Dr. Richard Wrangham, a Harvard professor of Biological Anthropology. The class also uses analyses of this research conducted by other evolutionary biologists. Select References: Wrangham (2010). Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human. Profile Books/Basic Books. Wrangham et al (1999). The Raw and the Stolen. Current Anthropology. Driver (2010). What Made Us Human. Lambda Alpha Journal.
Hello, Outschoolers! My name is John and I have been a scientist and educator for over 15 years. I hold a Bachelor of Science (Honors in Biology), Master of Applied Sciences, and a Ph.D. in biology. Over my BSc, MSc and PhD I have designed and...
Group Class
$21
per classMeets once
25 min
Completed by 4 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 9-14
2-10 learners per class
