How Do Human and Rat Infants Solve the Adaptive Problem

question 3

Multiple Choice

How do human and rat infants solve the adaptive problem of food-seeking?

• A)by getting all their calories from their mother's milk
• B)by growing a temporary set of "baby" teeth that are replaced with permanent teeth later in life
• C)by delaying the development of specialized taste receptors
• D)by exhibiting taste neophilia: the preference for novel tastes

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Definitions:

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