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Prehistoric times. [edit] 5-2 million years ago: Hominids shift away from the consumption of nuts and berries to begin the consumption of meat. [1][2] A hearth with cooking utensils. 2.5-1.8 million years ago: The discovery of the use of fire may have created a sense of sharing as a group.
Since we launched in March 1999, The Food Timeline's scope has grown from a single page with a sprinkling of links to 70 web pages offering a wealth of historic information, primary documents, and original research.
1 cze 2015 · Time Line: The Amazing Multimillion-Year History of Processed Food. Humans have been “processing” food ever since we tamed fire and invented bread. Processed food has powered the evolution of the...
Food history is an interdisciplinary field that examines the history and the cultural, economic, environmental, and sociological impacts of food and human nutrition. It is considered distinct from the more traditional field of culinary history, which focuses on the origin and recreation of specific recipes.
These five themes—political history, cultural change over time, food and identity, industrial transformation, and nutritional health—by no means exhaust the rich potential of food history. Yet another, more implicit, debate in food history concerns the proper narrative form for the field.
Explore The Cambridge World History Of Food timeline. Discover key dates and events in the history of food, and how these have impacted on society and culture around the world.
Timeline. 5000 BCE. Villages arise in China around the Yellow River. Terraced farming begins and rice is cultivated. c. 2700 BCE. Corn is first cultivated in Mesoamerica. Explore the timline of Food.
