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Rosati and Warneken showed that the cognitive capacities needed for this process like patience and planning are present in chimpanzees. Michael Pollan supported an evolutionary hypothesis regarding this process in a (-5[1])book framed around the four elements. A chimpanzee with a drawn hat appears on the cover of a book about how this process “Made Us Human” by Richard Wringham, (-5[1])who (-5[1])argued it led to an increase in brain size. A (*) triangle (-5[1])classifying kinds of this process includes axes (-5[1])labeled “unchanged” to “changed” and“culture” to “nature”; that model appears in Mythologiques, whose first volume contrasts material that has and hasn’t (10[1])undergone this process. Limited access to wood led to the practice (10[1])of using cow dung as fuel for this process in India. (0[1]-5[1])For 10 points, (-5[1])name this process traditionally done with a tandoor or wok. ■END■ (10[5])

ANSWER: cooking [accept different kinds of cooking, such as grilling or stir frying or roasting or smoking or boiling or baking]
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2024 Booster Shot (Columbia)02/23/2024Y683%17%50%108.00
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