If your in the first 10 minutes of this episode and reading this i have some bad news.... the close ups of the eating continue consistently throughout the episode and actually increase towards the end as the documentary runs out of things to say!
This is one of the most disappointing Horizon episodes that I have seen. I usually really enjoy Horizon episodes. I also usually really enjoy programmes about human evolution but this one spends an hour developing and rehashing the same basic point in the most long winded and repetitive manner ever, interspersing it with disgusting close ups of people eating.
Started cooking because food was dropped in a fire on accident? lol Yea, ok. What happens when you have a fire going? Someone there wants to throw everything in just to see what it does. I think we first put food in fire just to see what would happen. That or humans already knew from collecting small animals after brushfires etc. I am just not buying the accident theory. We are just curious & explore the nature of things. Fire is no diff.
I think we learned about cooked food by scavaging animal carcasses left behind by wildfires, not by accidentally dropping food into campfires, as the Harvard prof suggested.
I wonder if they simplified the process of chewing for the artificial gut for the viewers, or if they forgot stuff like amylase and other enzymes that are key in digesting starch.
While meat was inarguably an important part of our evolutionary development I have to question the findings of their raw diet study. I know people who have been eating nothing but raw fruits and vegetables for years, even decades, and they're some of the healthiest people I know. Personally I don't see the need for such a raw diet but it seems a perfectly feasible option. I suspect the problems their volunteers were having had more to do with them being spoiled Brits then anything else.
@EvolutionDocumentary Please dislike guys, because the documentary author thinks close ups of people eating at high volume are a good thing to put in a documentary about food.
Epic Meal Time fix from a documentary? Dumb. But SMART. But dumb.
ShinobuHarvester 4 days ago
Could it be possible that the rats had more energy and got fatter because, since cooked yams taste better, they ate more?
linabear55 1 week ago
Mastering fire, changed EVERYTHING....
spectr1 1 week ago
If your in the first 10 minutes of this episode and reading this i have some bad news.... the close ups of the eating continue consistently throughout the episode and actually increase towards the end as the documentary runs out of things to say!
paulmrussell12 2 weeks ago
This is one of the most disappointing Horizon episodes that I have seen. I usually really enjoy Horizon episodes. I also usually really enjoy programmes about human evolution but this one spends an hour developing and rehashing the same basic point in the most long winded and repetitive manner ever, interspersing it with disgusting close ups of people eating.
paulmrussell12 2 weeks ago
im so hungry
danv027 2 weeks ago
Started cooking because food was dropped in a fire on accident? lol Yea, ok. What happens when you have a fire going? Someone there wants to throw everything in just to see what it does. I think we first put food in fire just to see what would happen. That or humans already knew from collecting small animals after brushfires etc. I am just not buying the accident theory. We are just curious & explore the nature of things. Fire is no diff.
shananagans5 2 weeks ago in playlist BBC docs
Fat doesn't make you fat. 50% of the calories I eat come from fat and I'm as lean and fit as can possibly be. :)
What makes you fat is excess carbohydrate. What causes heart disease is vegetable oils.
XulChris 2 weeks ago
Gross! Why they show people eating nasty food up close?
knifegill 2 weeks ago
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warning: do not watch if you are hungry! contains lots of yummy food! ^^
aryabg 3 weeks ago
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aryabg 3 weeks ago
good lord enough with the disgusting obnoxious close up eating shots
tothemaxttm 3 weeks ago 15
Is this narrated by Lana ward (Dawkin's wife) ?
zuur0 4 weeks ago
@Ultra4 Yes his noodley appendages always fill my heart and my BELLY!!! LOL
opinionatediam 4 weeks ago
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opinionatediam 4 weeks ago
Wow. This presentation of Wrangham's hypothesis is so full of misrepresentations and misinformation. Go BBC.
SuperGZK 4 weeks ago
Magnificent doc, thank you
Ultra4 4 weeks ago
I think we learned about cooked food by scavaging animal carcasses left behind by wildfires, not by accidentally dropping food into campfires, as the Harvard prof suggested.
leananshae 4 weeks ago in playlist More videos from EvolutionDocumentary
the evolutionary pressure to survive drove us towards an omnivorous diet.
but those pressures to eat meat are non-existent and we can easily survive, and actually thrive without meat.
vegans ftw :-P
animals0feel1pain2 4 weeks ago
@animals0feel1pain2 the doc just said we can't survive long term on just raw fruit and vervgies
mark12033 2 weeks ago
Yes. Thank you for asking. Move along now.
Anonie324 4 weeks ago
thank you for posting this!
GuidoPerdomo 4 weeks ago
Very awesome documentary, thank you for putting it up on Youtube for all of us to enjoy!
wolfforce58205 4 weeks ago
F*****G AWESOME DOCUMENTARY !
THANK YOU
zemzami1 4 weeks ago
I wonder if they simplified the process of chewing for the artificial gut for the viewers, or if they forgot stuff like amylase and other enzymes that are key in digesting starch.
dumbo800 4 weeks ago
While meat was inarguably an important part of our evolutionary development I have to question the findings of their raw diet study. I know people who have been eating nothing but raw fruits and vegetables for years, even decades, and they're some of the healthiest people I know. Personally I don't see the need for such a raw diet but it seems a perfectly feasible option. I suspect the problems their volunteers were having had more to do with them being spoiled Brits then anything else.
Arikiel 4 weeks ago
how did they figure out the metallurgy?
77616e6b79 4 weeks ago
I'm cooking while I'm watching this :) fantastic video and I'm linking to it to pwn Onision.
YesIamJames 4 weeks ago
you are what you eat !
theswayzeexpress1 4 weeks ago
suck it vegetarians. you suck.
kiddhitta 1 month ago
As a chef i find this twice as fascinating...
MercenaryBlackWaterz 1 month ago
oh dear god, this is making me so hungry.... yummy!
opinionatediam 1 month ago 9
Please like guys, it helps spread the video.
EvolutionDocumentary 1 month ago 28
@EvolutionDocumentary Please dislike guys, because the documentary author thinks close ups of people eating at high volume are a good thing to put in a documentary about food.
DelvarWorld 2 weeks ago