- Title: Alcohol and its Role in the Evolution of Human Society: RSC
- Autor: Ian S Hornsey
- Pages: 684
- Publisher (Publication Date): Royal Society of Chemistry; 1 edition (April 25, 2012)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1849731616
- Download File Format: AZW3
Archaelogists 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 unique 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.