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November 14, 2013 11:58 am PST
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The ability to taste bitter flavors probably didn't evolve as a self-defensemechanism
From beer to coffee, bitter flavors are things that most of us have to learn to enjoy over multiple tastings. Scientists have long assumed that our ability to even taste those flavors is rooted in self-defense — a way to root out and avoid potentially poisonous plants in the diet of our hunting and gathering ancestors.Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/2Urw7NHmYu8/story01.htm
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