Most large animals have to chew food extensively and form it into a mushy ball that?s easy to swallow. Cooking makes a huge difference--it softens the food and dramatically reduces eating time. Researchers calculated that if we lived like our non-cooking primate cousins, we?d spend about 48 percent of the day eating. But modern humans spend only about 5 percent of the day chowing down. So when ...

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