Karl@literature.cafe to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 12 days agoWhy aren't we evolved to eat grass?message-squaremessage-square27linkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up13arrow-down1message-squareWhy aren't we evolved to eat grass?Karl@literature.cafe to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 12 days agomessage-square27linkfedilinkfile-text
It’s everywhere. Why not just eat it instead of searching for veggies and meat which are more difficult to have?
minus-squaredaannii@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·12 days agoA lot of grass. Like lawn grass. Is wheat. If you let it grow more. So actually we did evolve to eat grass. Cat grass is wheat grass.
minus-squareInfrapink@thebrainbin.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·12 days 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-squarepastermil@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·12 days agothey faked it until they made it!
A lot of grass. Like lawn grass. Is wheat.
If you let it grow more.
So actually we did evolve to eat grass.
Cat grass is wheat grass.
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.
they faked it until they made it!