When the first people started cooking..
According to scientists, our ancestors could have cooked their first meal
between 800 thousand and 1200.
Archaeologists removed microfossils from the dental plaque, which was based
on 1.2 million years ago.
These microfossils include traces of raw animal tissue, uncooked starch
granules showing weed consumption, a pine-type pollen grains, insect fragments
and toothed pieces.
There is no evidence of the inhalation of micro-coal, which is normally a
clear indication of proximity to fire.The onset of fire use is still debated,
and some researchers argue that the use of fire began 1.8 million years ago,
while some suggest that 300 thousand-400 thousand years went backwards.
Some early settlements in Africa have found possible evidence for
fire.However, the absence of proof of fire at Sima del Elefante gives the
impression that this information does not move with the first people when they
leave Africa.
In Europe, the earliest definitive evidence to use the fire was 800
thousand years ago in the Spanish settlement of Cueva Negra and shortly
thereafter in Gesher Benot Ya'aqov in Israel.
It was revealed that the first Europeans, 1.2 million years ago, exploited
the forested environment
This evidence reveals the development of fire technology occurring at a
point in 1.2 million years ago with 800 thousand.
Karen Hardy of the University of York, England, said, "It is very
difficult to obtain evidence for any aspect of the life of your hobby at this
early dates."
This new timeline has significant interests that help us understand this
period of human evolution.
Cooked food provides more energy, and cooking can be linked to the rapid
increases in brain size occurring from 800 thousand years ago.
Especially, starchy food is an important element in facilitation of brain
development, and unlike popular belief in "Paleodiet ", the
role of starchy foods in the Paleolithic diet is important.
