HNF 406 Lecture 2: Lecture 2 Outline Answers - History of Early Civilizations
6 May 2014
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History of food and eating - early civilizations. What separates us (humans) from animals: ability to think, use fire, eat vs, feed. Low cusped= fruit eating (frugivorous) and or leaf eating (folivorous) Frequency of movement and distance traveled varies based on food availability. Population density and degree of isolation varies by location (geography) More time for leisure when food in plent. Animal bones fashioned into hooks to catch fish. Baskets or slings for carrying tools & children. Fire (360,000 bc) and cooking in damp or moist leaves or roasting (broaden diet); then clay, then metal. Deliberate using heat (fire) to prepare a food. Self-conscious tradition of cooking and eating with a set of attitudes about food and its place in the life of man. ~michael freeman style awareness variety. No single food used by primitive people everywhere. Type of food consumed strongly related to climatic and geographical conditions.
