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Title: Chimps Would Cook if Given the Chance, Research Says
Post by: PaleoPhil on June 04, 2015, 09:24:20 am

Oh, oh! Tyler's gonna hate this one. Bad chimps!  ;D

Chimps Would Cook if Given the Chance, Research Says
JUNE 2, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/03/us/chimps-can-cook-a-mean-potato-research-says.html?_r=0 (http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/03/us/chimps-can-cook-a-mean-potato-research-says.html?_r=0)

Title: Re: Chimps Would Cook if Given the Chance, Research Says
Post by: Iguana on June 04, 2015, 05:38:05 pm

That's not surprising at all. But I fail to see a connection with Wrangham supposition that "cooking made us humans", as the article states!

Title: Re: Chimps Would Cook if Given the Chance, Research Says
Post by: TylerDurden on June 04, 2015, 10:18:49 pm

I saw some mention of this in the Daily Mail but I did not bother reading the article nor did I show it here since it is so laughable as science. For one thing it is well-known that cooked-foods are addictive, and that the more processed a food is the more it activates addictive opioids in the brain of the consumer of cooked foods. And I have already long ago debunked Wrangham's foolish , and fraudulent claims.

Shows how bad nepotism is in scientific circles. I mean this guy simply ignored the fact that Wrangham has no solid evidence backing his claims whatsoever and seems to have done his PHD under Wrangham's tutelage. Utter fraud.

Title: Re: Chimps Would Cook if Given the Chance, Research Says
Post by: TylerDurden on June 05, 2015, 12:27:20 pm

I need to revamp rawpaleodiet.com articles I wrote. beyondveg.com seems to have read my riposte years ago and written a highly dodgy but convincing alteration which seems to address many of my points. He is, of course, b*llsh*tting to some extent, but clueless people won't know. Damn, that's a few hundred hours wasted!

Title: Re: Chimps Would Cook if Given the Chance, Research Says
Post by: cherimoya_kid on June 05, 2015, 10:02:07 pm

Quote from: TylerDurden on June 05, 2015, 12:27:20 pm

I need to revamp rawpaleodiet.com articles I wrote. beyondveg.com seems to have read my riposte years ago and written a highly dodgy but convincing alteration which seems to address many of my points. He is, of course, b*llsh*tting to some extent, but clueless people won't know. Damn, that's a few hundred hours wasted!

Beyondveg is not intellectually honest. I wouldn't worry about him.

Title: Re: Chimps Would Cook if Given the Chance, Research Says
Post by: dariorpl on June 06, 2015, 12:15:44 am

Chimps don't eat potatoes in the wild. Try some wild fruit instead. And try with an actual wild chimp and not one that's been in a cage all it's life eating whatever it's given.

Also, just because something is tasty doesn't mean it's healthy. Give the chimp a cheeseburger with fries and a coke and see what happens.

Title: Re: Chimps Would Cook if Given the Chance, Research Says
Post by: PaleoPhil on June 06, 2015, 08:37:51 am

Chimps Dig Tubers, Tool Study Finds
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/11/071113-chimps-tools.html (http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/11/071113-chimps-tools.html)

Title: Re: Chimps Would Cook if Given the Chance, Research Says
Post by: dariorpl on June 06, 2015, 12:03:00 pm

Interesting, thanks Phil

Title: Re: Chimps Would Cook if Given the Chance, Research Says
Post by: PaleoPhil on June 06, 2015, 10:46:32 pm

glad to be of service