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Cooking nuts and other fatty foods may have helped early humans grow bigger brains and be more active because it gave them more energy from the same food — like getting a free energy boost.
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Cooking increases net energy gain from a lipid-rich food.
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2015 JanCooking peanuts made it easier for mice to get more energy from them, because heat broke open the tiny shields around the fats. This suggests that early humans may have gotten more energy from cooked nuts and meats, helping their brains and bodies grow bigger.
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