"Food For Thought" Article

What is a Habiline?

• Mostly ape, small part human

• A hominin that doesn't eat

• The "missing link" or species between apes and humans

• Part of a car you have to replace every four years.

Habilines had brains the size of what fruit?

• orange

• grape

• cantelope

• pineapple

What did Habilines mainly eat?

• vegetables

• meat

• fruit and meat

• Fruits and vegetables

The more tender and cooked food is.....

• The harder it is to digest.

• The easier it is to gain nutrients from.

• The easier it is to digest.

• The more likely it is to be "well done," or overcooked.

More efficient (faster) digestion results from:

• eating cooked food

• exercising right after eating

• eating raw food

• eating apples

Why is eating cooked food more efficient (faster) for digestion?

• Cooked food goes down your throat faster

• Cooked food tastes better

• Cooked food eliminates any need for digestion

• Cooked food does some of the digestion work for the body

Eating cooked foods caused humans to have:

• Longer teeth and stronger jaws than Habilines

• Shorter teeth and weaker jaws than Habilines

• Larger mouths and weaker teeth than Habilines

• Smaller mouths and weaker teeth than Habilines

Who has/had a longer colon?

• Habilines did

• Humans do

Why is cooking crucial to being human?

• Cooking led to larger stomachs in humans

• Cooking led to slower eating, allowing for more time/energy for thinking, hunting, inventing etc.

• Cooking allowed people to socialize in groups

• Cooking led to faster eating, allowing for more time/energy for thinking, hunting, inventing etc.

How did eating meat increase human intelligence?

• Eating meat resulted from hunting and hunting required a lot of thinking, planning, and cooperation.

• Meat is full of nutrients that go straight to your brain and make your brain synapses strengthen.

• Meat is something humans crave, so eating meat makes them happier and smarter.

• Eating meat resulted from hunting and hunting required a lot of quiet time, art, and sleeping.