Summary of: Chimpanzees Would Cook if Given the Chance, Research Says. By James Gorman
According to scientists from Harvard and Yale universities, chimpanzees have the mental capabilities required for cooking. That may seem unimpressive, but according to the scientists it is hard for chimps and other primates to give up food that is already in hand. However, the chimps proved to have impressive self control around raw food once they knew it had the possibility to become cooked. In a hypothesis proposed by Richard Wrangham humans may have started cooking things around 2 million years ago when we were only slightly more advanced than chimps. One major hindrance that has stopped cognitive scientists Felix Warneken and Alexandra G.
According to scientists from Harvard and Yale universities, chimpanzees have the mental capabilities required for cooking. That may seem unimpressive, but according to the scientists it is hard for chimps and other primates to give up food that is already in hand. However, the chimps proved to have impressive self control around raw food once they knew it had the possibility to become cooked. In a hypothesis proposed by Richard Wrangham humans may have started cooking things around 2 million years ago when we were only slightly more advanced than chimps. One major hindrance that has stopped cognitive scientists Felix Warneken and Alexandra G.