Evolution of cooking methods

The first type of cooking has appeared with the discovery of fire and consisted in roasting directly on coals. Next method is boiling food, but not directly on the fire but in some water which was closed in animal skin, that was placed in a hole filled with hot stones. The our boiling are introduced with the invention of crockery hot resistance (about IX sec. a.C.).

The cooking on the stove was born at 3000 a.c., when Egyptians were developing the method for makeing bread.

Last method is frying, thanks to the discovery of metal crockery.

Neanderthals' cooked diet

Scientists have upgraded their opinion of Neanderthal cuisine after spotting traces of cooked food on the fossilised teeth of our long-extinct cousins.

The researchers found remnants of date palms, seeds and legumes on the teeth of three Neanderthals, uncovered in caves in Iraq and Belgium. Among the scraps of food embedded in the plaque on the Neanderthals’ teeth were particles of starch from barley and water lilies that showed  signs of having been cooked.

The Ice Age leftovers are believed to be the first direct evidence that the Neanderthal diet included cooked food as plants and meat obtained by hunting wild animals.

The history of brick: the fundamental unit of western architecture

raw bricks

The invention of bricks changed the destiny of men. In the evolution of architecture, we can find raw bricks already about 6000 yars a.D. They have been used in the construction of babylonian tower (till 16 meters high).

These raw bricks were made with raw clay mixed with straw, shaped in special moulds and dehydrated with sun and air, but they were very brittle and low resistant.

The idea to cook bricks in tilery comes from the roman empire. Cooked bricks were extremely long-lasting and weather resistant. This invention made possible the creation of particular western medieval architecture as arches, bears, roofings and pavements, and the construction of amphitheaters, aqueducts and thermal baths.