
Show 1295: How Delicious Flavors Shape Human Behavior (Archive)
The People's Pharmacy
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The Evolution of Flavor and How It Made Us Human
Rob Dunn, the William Neil Reynolds Distinguished Professor in the Department of Applied Ecology at North Carolina State University. His latest book is Delicious, the evolution of flavor and how it made us human. We'll get some examples of a culinary dance between plants and animals as well as other organisms. How could flavor have played a role in the extinction of species that humans hunted? Will also get Dr. Dunn's ideas on how dinner makes us human?
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