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Critics of the cooking hypothesis question whether archaeological evidence supports the view that cooking fires began long enough ago to confirm Wrangham's findings.<ref name="pmid10206901">{{cite journal|last=Pennisi |first=Elizabeth |date=March 26, 1999 |title=Human evolution: Did Cooked Tubers Spur the Evolution of Big Brains? |journal=[[Science (journal)|Science]] |volume=283 |issue=5410 |pages=2004–2005 |pmid=10206901 |doi=10.1126/science.283.5410.2004 |url=http://cogweb.ucla.edu/Abstracts/Pennisi_99.html |archiveurl=https://wwwweb.webcitationarchive.org/5wB4Lm2oa?url=web/20110310164743/http://cogweb.ucla.edu/Abstracts/Pennisi_99.html |archivedate=2011-0203-0110 |url-status=live }}</ref> The traditional explanation is that human ancestors scavenged carcasses for high-quality food that preceded the evolutionary shift to smaller guts and larger brains.<ref name="Pennisi 99%html">[http://cogweb.ucla.edu/Abstracts/Pennisi_99.html Pennisi: Did Cooked Tubers Spur the Evolution of Big Brains?] {{webarchive |url=https://wwwweb.webcitationarchive.org/5wB4Lm2oa?url=web/20110310164743/http://cogweb.ucla.edu/Abstracts/Pennisi_99.html |date=FebruaryMarch 110, 2011 }}</ref>