The Science of Your Favorite Foods
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Chimpanzies and Bonobos - How Do They Tell Scienciss Scientists What Our Ascended Into?
Scientists believe that studying chimp eating habits can help us build a picture of our own past. Chimpanzies and bonobos are not our ancestors, but they provide a kind of window into how our ancestors might have lived. Our hunter gatherer style wouldn't have been too different from our primate relatives,. searching for food without cooking or farming. The taste receptors of chimps and those of humans are very, very similar.
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