Name: The History of Food
Uploaded: 2018
Description: Go back in time to our earliest hunter-gatherer beginnings all the way to the future of seed storage and food production.

Go back in time to our earliest hunter-gatherer beginnings all the way to the future of seed storage and food production.

Humans 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.

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Humans have depended on fire for millennia, but do we fully understand the impact it has had on our diet?

The Invention of Cooking

From 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.

From 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.

The Agricultural Revolution

Just 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.

Just as humans have always sought food to survive, we have also sought the means to preserve that food. With preservation, we can plan for times of scarcity.

Fermentation, Preservation and Exploration

Industrialization 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 12,000 years ago.

Over the brief span of the 20th century, agriculture underwent greater change than it had since it was first practiced some 12,000 years ago.

The Industry of Food

Industrialized 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.

Industrialized and processed food has dominated the last century. Now, the question is, what's next?