Meat Wasn't the Only Food That Drove Early Humans to Evolve Bigger Brains. Sugar May Have Fueled the Organ's Enlargement, Too
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Long before soft drinks and cookies, our ancestors may have had a serious sweet tooth. Rather than reaching for sodas, early hominins likely raided bee nests for honey and sought out ripe fruit.
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Long before soft drinks and cookies, our ancestors may have had a serious sweet tooth. Rather than reaching for sodas, early hominins likely raided bee nests for honey and sought out ripe fruit. The sugars in these foods may have helped power one of evolution’s most calorically expensive projects: the human brain, researchers reported August 6 in the journal Science. The findings point to another major driver of early humans’ enlarged brains and could also help explain the origins of our sugar cravings today.
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Meat Wasn't the Only Food That Drove Early Humans to Evolve Bigger Brains. Sugar May Have Fueled the Organ's Enlargement, Too
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