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If Shimelmitz et al. are right, then humans up until the dawn of Neanderthals and moderns had to make do without the nutritional advantage of cooking. This is the opposite of what Wrangham claims, but it would explain the last synchronous spurt of brain growth in two disjunct areas of the world.
The one outstanding result in Waytz et al. is the self characterization of Palestinians in Israel. Contrary to all other investigated groups they name hate as their own main motivator.