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University of Cambridge > Talks.cam > Gates Distinguished Lecture Series > Why do humans share food?
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If you have a question about this talk, please contact Amparo E. Flores. Wine reception from 5:30 to 6 pm before the lecture at 6 pm. This talk is open to the general public. Is sharing food such an everyday, unremarkable occurrence? In fact, the human tendency to sit together peacefully over food is a rather extraordinary phenomenon, and one which many species find impossible or undesirable. It is also a phenomenon with far-reaching consequences for the global environment and human social evolution. So how did this strange and powerful behaviour come about? Drawing on evidence from some of the most meticulously recorded archaeological excavations, Martin Jones will argue how humans came to share food in the first place and how the human meal has evolved through time. Comparing meals shared in different millennia, both by modern humans and by hominids, he will also tackle the question posed by the title, and suggest why our species his gone down this unusual path. This talk is part of the Gates Distinguished Lecture Series series. This talk is included in these lists:
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