What Is The Ultimate Explanation For Modern Human Preference For Fatty Foods?

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What Is The Ultimate Explanation For Modern Human Preference For Fatty Foods?

a) Ancestral humans that preferred fatty foods were less likely to starve, leaving more offspring to the next generation. b) When we eat fatty foods, taste receptors on our tongue are stimulated, sending an action potential to our brain triggering the "do-it-again" centers. c) Humans prefer protein which provides everything we need. d) We do not actually prefer fatty foods; we prefer sugary foods. e) Fatty foods have 9 calories/gram unlike carbs and proteins which have 4 calories/gram and in our environment we need to maximize our caloric intake in order to maximize our fitness.
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Ancestral humans that preferred fatty foods were less likely to starve, leaving more offspring to the next generation.
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