Food, Science, and the Human Body

Food, Science, and the Human Body « Series from 2017

Series from 2017

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Genres: Special Interest

Get answers to questions about the evolution of the human diet and its relationship to our bodies.

Bringing together insights from fields including anthropology, health science, biology, and sociology, this partnership between The Great Courses and National Geographic lays bare what science can teach us about food.

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Paleo Diets and the Ancestral Appetite

Our Hunter-Gatherer Past

Stones, Bones, and Teeth

Did Meat Eating Make Us Human?

Insects: The Other White Meat

Was the Stone Age Menu Mostly Vegetarian?

Cooking and the Control of Fire

The Neolithic Revolution

The Changing Disease-Scape

How Foods Spread around the World

The History of the Spice Trade

How Sugar and Salt Shaped World History

A Brief History of Bread

The Science and Secrets of Chocolate

Water: The Liquid of Life

Beer, Mead, and the Fun of Fermentation

Humanity's Love of Wine

Coffee: Love or Addiction?

The Roots of Tea

The Fizz on Soda

Food as Ritual

When People Eat Things That Aren't Food

Food as Recreational Drugs

Food as Medicine

The Coevolution of Genes and Diet