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Why did humans start to cook food?
Evolutionary biologist Professor Richard Wrangham explains why he thinks early humans’ ability to master fire as long as 2 million years ago explains why we have been cooking just as long.
(Image: Cooking set around a camp fire. Credit: Getty Images)
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