Rhetorical challenge preceding evidence that nixtamalization was not individually discoverable

Evidence

Perhaps mixing nonfood substances, like wood ash or burned seashells, with foods during cooking is easy for a big-brained ape like us to figure out? — Joseph Henrich, The Secret of Our Success, 337

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Effective cooking techniques resist discovery through individual trial and error — Joseph Henrich, The Secret of Our Success: How Culture…, 229