Karl@literature.cafe to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 3 months agoWhy aren't we evolved to eat grass?message-squaremessage-square58linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareWhy aren't we evolved to eat grass?Karl@literature.cafe to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 3 months agomessage-square58linkfedilinkfile-text
It’s everywhere. Why not just eat it instead of searching for veggies and meat which are more difficult to have?
minus-squareInfrapink@thebrainbin.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoRye, barley, oats, and rice are also grasses. Rye used to be a weed that evolved to resemble wheat so early farmers wouldn’t uproot it. But it evolved to resemble wheat so much that it became an edible crop in its own right.
minus-square100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoVavilovian mimicry goes brrr
minus-squarepastermil@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agothey faked it until they made it!
Rye, barley, oats, and rice are also grasses.
Rye used to be a weed that evolved to resemble wheat so early farmers wouldn’t uproot it. But it evolved to resemble wheat so much that it became an edible crop in its own right.
Vavilovian mimicry goes brrr
they faked it until they made it!
Don’t forget corn!