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The History of Food
THE HISTORY OF FOOD offers a deep-dive into the science, history and cultural impact of food throughout time. THE HISTORY OF FOOD takes audiences on a mouth-watering, 2-million-year evolutionary journey beginning with our primordial ancestors, and closely examines the changing roles that diet has played over time. In each episode, viewers will explore a different monumental shift in how and what humans have eaten, the varying effects of those diets, and how the way we eat will continue to change.
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Episode 1
The Invention of Cooking
Thu, Nov 15, 201829 mins
Humans have depended on fire for millennia, but do we fully understand the impact it has had on our diet? When our hunter-gatherer ancestors learned to harness this tool, it ignited a culinary and cerebral revolution believed to be one of the most important factors in our evolution.
Awards
- 2019 - Leo - Best Cinematography in a Documentary Series - winner
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