Charcoal: An American Chemical Society "Did You Know?" Challenge
Thursday, August 26, 2010 - 10:35
in Mathematics & Economics
When you fire up the Barbie for dinner this summer, you probably won't be aware that you are using a technology that was created about 38,000 years ago. The charcoal wasn't in neatly formed briquettes and there was no starter-in-a-can, but Cro-Magnon Man apparently did develop this means of cooking food, researchers told the American Chemical Society's (ACS) 240th National Meeting and Exhibition here.