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Where Did Human Intelligence Come From?

Stuff You Should Know

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The Taste and Smell Effect on Intelligence

Cooking meat unlocks nutrients and calories that are otherwise unavailable to you, if you just eat it raw. So over time, the people who ate meat would have had more energy and more calories to contribute to a growing brain. This could have helped the process along, if not sped it up. It's true, other podcasts would not have left that in. But that's because Dummy leaves that in there not as brave or courageous podcasters.

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