中华民族对人类的贡献，应该是火药、印刷术等四大发明。其实，更久远、更大的发明就当是烹任。到现在为止，世界上仍然公认中国考古学家的结论，即在北京周口店发现的“北京人”用火烧制食物的遗迹，是人类熟食的最早遗存。也就是说，烹任是从这里开始的。美国《时代──生活 The Chinese people’s contribution to mankind should be four major inventions, such as gunpowder and printing. In fact, more long-term, bigger invention should be cooking. Up to now, the conclusion that Chinese archaeologists still recognize the Chinese firearms found in Beijing’s Zhoukoudian is still the earliest remains of human cooked food. In other words, cooking begins here. America "era ─ ─ life