External Fermentation News Today

Researchers propose that a taste for fermented morsels may have triggered a surprising jump in the growth rate of our ancestors' brains.

Review in Communications Biology suggests that the external fermentation of foods may have played a key role in the expansion of the hominid brain. The "external fermentation hypothesis" posits that early hominins' practice of fermenting foods externally contributed to brain growth and gut reduction, offering a novel perspective on human evolution and dietary practices.