Why Do Some of Us Like Certain Foods That Others Don't?

The first agriculture is about 12 thousand years ago. From there, taste became more about flavor and deliciousness than survival. There are lots of reasons that we have differences in our own tastes. Part of that is physical, but hidden deep within ourselves,. And so you might detect something as bitter that my tongue doesn't detect as bitter. So the same food that tastes bad to me really doesn't taste bad you, exactly.