Alcohol and Its Role in the Evolution of Human Society

Description:

Archaeologists and anthropologists (especially ethnologists) have for many years realised that man's ingestion of alcoholic beverages may well have played a significant part in his transition from hunter-gatherer to agriculturalist. This unqiue book provides a scientific text on the subject of 'ethanol' that also aims to include material designed to show 'non-scientists' what fermentation is all about. Conversely, scientists may well be surprised to find the extent to which ethanol has played a part in evolution and civilisation of our species.

subjects: Alcohol, physiological effect,  Drinking of alcoholic beverages,  Social evolution,  Alcoholic beverages,  History,  Social aspects,  Brewing,  Wine and wine making,  Alkoholisches Getränk,  Herstellung,  Alkoholkonsum,  Sozialgeschichte