Did our brains grow big because we learned to cook?

Consider that 60% of the energy expended by a resting baby is consumed by the baby's brain.  A resting adult brain uses 25% of its energy.  Compare this to the average ape brain, which uses only 8% of the apes energy.  In short, having a big brain requires a lot…

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