“The Enigma of Cooking,” by Richard Wrangham seeks to uncover the role of cooking in human evolution. The author begins by introducing the idea that cooking is insignificant and has no influence on evolution. The other view is that cooking is important and has led to several biologically defining characteristics of humans, such as small intestines, small teeth, and a slow life cycle. Both views agree that cooking improves food nutritionally and makes it easier to eat and digest. Digestion uses a lot of energy, especially when digesting hard foods. Cooking can make digestion faster and easier, although additional experimentation is necessary. This can be vital, as minor dietary changes have far-reaching effects. To illustrate, the author offers an example comparing chimpanzees and gorillas. Both are frugivores and can supplement their diet with fibrous foods. However, gorillas can live on fibrous foods alone, while chimpanzees cannot due to digestive and dental adaptations. This difference has impacted the ability of chimpanzees and gorillas to live in diverse environments. It is possible that the need to rapidly develop...