

Why humans started cooking - neiljohnson
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/2011/12/08/why-calorie-counts-are-wrong-cooked-food-provides-a-lot-more-energy/

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veidr
I find the argument that cooked food provides the human eating it more energy
very plausible, and am surprised that it is controversial. ( Is it really?) 

This article appeared some time ago on HN, suggesting that the advent of
cooking, and the higher amount of energy we could derive from cooked foods,
allowed us to evolve a reduced gastrointestinal system and our big powerful
brains:

<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8543906.stm>

