The Food-Scarce Environment of Our Ancestors Likely Led to Humans

question 88

Multiple Choice

The food-scarce environment of our ancestors likely led to humans' propensity to gorge when food is available and to crave high-caloric foods-a trait that might lead to an epidemic of obesity when food is plentiful.This illustrates how:

• A)socialization influences the development of behavior and cognitive skills in human beings.
• B)evolved mechanisms are not always adaptive in contemporary society.
• C)organisms pass on characteristics they had acquired during their lifetime to their offspring.
• D)the benefits of evolutionary selection decrease with age.

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