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249. Primatologist Explains the 1% Difference Between Humans & Apes | Richard Wrangham

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

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Catching Fire and Cooking

Human beings have been using fire for about two million years, which is awful long time. Cooking softens food so much that we can spend just a fraction of time chewing compared to any of our eight relatives. So if we were eating our food raw, we would be spending probably more than six hours a day chewing our food. And as it is, we spend less than an hour a day chewing Our food. That saves us five hours a day. It's has different importance for females and for males in terms of how females and males actually spend their time now.

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