TGC – Food, Science, and the Human Body

•  Discover what our earliest human ancestors ate – and how they evolved to eat it.
•  Explore the watershed moments in human history that transformed the way we eat.
•  Consider the role your food has played in the development of the human body over millions of years.
•  Examine the nutritional science behind foods like bread, chocolate, tea, soda, beer, and more.
•  Learn about how scientific advancements like artificial meat and vertical farms can help solve world hunger.

Throughout history, our evolution as a species has been inextricably linked to the foods we eat. It’s a relationship that goes back nearly 2.8 million years to our roots as hunters and gatherers. And it continues to the present day in the form of debates over good nutrition and the future of food on an overpopulated planet.

 Food has led to the rise of epic civilizations. It’s shaped—and been shaped by—watershed moments in human history, from the dawn of animal husbandry to the industrial age of mass production to the 21st-century farm-to-table movement. Most importantly: It’s led to the amazing behavioral and nutritional flexibility of the bodies we have.

 Understanding our current—and future—relationship with food warrants a look back in time to the roots of food and food culture, and its intersection with science 

• What foods did the human body evolve to eat, and why?
• Which foods changed the course of history, and how?
• How does the food we eat affect our genes and our minds?
• What foods are (and aren’t) optimal for our everyday health?
• Can we use cutting-edge science to end world hunger?