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...said that cooking is the way to a man’s heart. But according to Harvard Biological Anthropology Professor Richard W. Wrangham, cooking is the way to a good deal more than that. In his book “Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human,” released Monday, Wrangham argues that the invention of cooking allowed for our primate ancestors to become humans. “We are the cooking apes, the creatures of the flame,” said Wrangham in an interview yesterday. Wrangham bases his argument on wide-ranging scientific evidence, both biological...
House Masters: Down-to-earth and debonair. In little over a semester as House Masters, Anthropology Professor Richard Wrangham and primatologist Elisabeth Ross have made enough of a mark to be beloved by residents. At House Masters' open houses, you're likely to catch Wrangham chatting about current events or giving a group of students an animated primer on animal behavior. The couple is wont to invite distinguished speakers, host impromptu events, and--only when asked--regale you with tales from their years in Uganda. If the Porters are the parents you never had, Ross and Wrangham are your eccentric...
Currier House Masters Richard W. Wrangham and Elizabeth Ross and Resident Dean Katherine Stanton could not be reached for comment yesterday...
...panel was equally divided along this nature-nurture line. Both biology professor David A. Haig and anthropology professor Richard W. Wrangham—the author of “Demonic Males”—primarily cited nature as the source of male violence. Though Wrangham stressed that its being natural should not be an excuse. “I tend to agree on the feminist line that every man is a potential rapist because men are a member of a species that have a certain pattern,” Wrangham said. Social constraints are then crucial to preventing...
...Spore has an educational side as well. Indeed, it is a biology lesson in disguise. After viewing the launch video at www.spore.com, Professor of Biological Anthropology Richard W. Wrangham said, “It looks like a wonderful way to view evolutionary theory through fun, and it might make people realize that human beings are just another species.” Given the time, Wrangham said he too would play the game...