Drobyshevsky S. D75 The Struggle for Dinner: Another 50 Tales from the Grotto / Stanislav Drobyshevsky. — M. : Alpina Non-Fiction, 2024. — 471 p. ISBN 978-5-00139-845-5 We are what we eat. But we are also the way we obtain food. For millions of years, our ancestors searched for fruits, caught fish, hunted birds and animals, and sometimes tried not to become someone else’s dinner. Our entire life revolves around food. Even the feeling of surprise, methods of communication, rituals — all either stem from the desire to eat or accompany a feast. How the ancestors fought for their dinner — these 50 true stories tell about it. Modern science can tell a lot about life in the past. Therefore, each tale is accompanied by an investigation, a narrative about how scientists learn about the distant past. The main thing we learn by examining this amazing kaleidoscope is that ancient people were diverse. Some were unlucky, but those who were better — stronger, smarter, kinder — survived, multiplied, and became our ancestors. We are the descendants of the best ancestors, and that is a reason to strive to be the best ancestors for our descendants. UDC 572.1/.4 BBK 28.712