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- S1 E1 - The Invention of CookingMarch 29, 202430minHumans have depended on fire for millennia but do we fully understand the impact it has had on our diet? When our hunter-gatherer ancestors learned to harness this tool it ignited a culinary and cerebral revolution believed to be one of the most important factors in our evolution.Free trial of Curiosity Stream, rent, or buy
- S1 E2 - The Agricultural RevolutionMarch 29, 202434minFrom the first row of planted crops the practice of agriculture rendered man's hunter-gatherer lifestyles obsolete in favor of settled life and stable food supplies. This led to a skyrocketing population and enabled humans to develop skills outside of gathering the food needed to survive.Free trial of Curiosity Stream, rent, or buy
- S1 E3 - Fermentation, Preservation and ExplorationMarch 29, 202434minJust as humans have always sought food to survive we have also sought the means to preserve that food. Right from the very moment of a kill or a harvest food begins to break down. With preservation we can plan for times of scarcity during times of plenty.Free trial of Curiosity Stream, rent, or buy
- S1 E4 - The Industry of FoodMarch 29, 202428minIndustrialization brought the second great food revolution. Over the brief span of the 20th century agriculture underwent greater change than it had since it was first practiced some 12000 years ago.Free trial of Curiosity Stream, rent, or buy
- S1 E5 - The Future of FoodMarch 29, 202432minIndustrialized and processed food has dominated the last century. Now the question is what's next? We go around the world to meet pioneers in urban farming veganism and insect protein production to find out what will be the future of food.Free trial of Curiosity Stream, rent, or buy
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