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Fri December 28, 2012

'Consider the Fork' Chronicles Evolution of Eating

Originally published on Fri December 28, 2012 10:03 am

Did you know that the human overbite may have evolved after people began using forks and knives? In Consider the Fork, author Bee Wilson traces how kitchen tools--from knives to pots to gas stoves--have changed over time, and how they have influenced what, and how, we eat.

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