The Origin of Tastes. How Love for Food Made Us Human

Nature, as they say, invites us to the table with appetite and rewards us with flavor. But what exactly is flavor? Why do we like some tastes and not others? "The Origin of Tastes" is an engaging deep dive into... the rich substance of these questions.

Generously seasoning the narrative with sincerity and wit, the authors explain how the search for pleasant flavors turned out to be the secret ingredient of all human history.

You will learn about the role of taste preferences in creating the first tools and the extinction of giant mammals, the evolution of the most appetizing and nutritious fruits, and the formation of our social nature. And for dessert, you will be offered the best way to ferment a mastodon, a story about the connection between cheese and Paleolithic art — and much more.