How Our Ancient Noses Drove Many Species to Extinction
Rethinking “Why” Humans Began Cooking with Fire Rob Dunn said the “key moment” when early humans first started cooking with fire “has at its core, just the tastiness of food and the pleasure it provides.” What this highlights is the importance of ancient noses, and the exceptionally close ties between flavor and human survival. The book explains that the ability to decipher flavor dimensions in food and drink, known as “retro-nasal olfaction,” in some early humans, made their chances of survival more likely. What this means is that ancient humans who had developed a stronger...
Source: ancient-origins.net