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The Omnivore's Dilemma
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- Yet long before Columbus arrived, that wild grass had managed to evolve into maize and spread across North America.
Chpt 1.1evolve = genetic change through evolution
- These animals have evolved to eat grass.
Chpt 1.5evolved = genetically changed through evolution
- Cows have evolved over millions of years to eat grass.
Chpt 1.5evolved = gradually changed through evolution
- At the same time, grasses have evolved over millions of years to be eaten by cows.
Chpt 1.5
- Grasses have evolved so that they can survive being eaten very well.
Chpt 1.5 *
- A rumen has evolved into the perfect organ for digesting grass.†
Chpt 1.5
- THE OMNIVORE'S BRAIN The first thing we should remember is that our bodies have evolved to help us solve the omnivore's dilemma.†
Chpt 1.8
- As it evolved toward eating just one food, it didn't need to think as much.†
Chpt 1.8
- We think of taste as something that helps us to enjoy food, but our sense of taste evolved to help us screen foods.†
Chpt 1.8
- It is an instinct that evolved to help us through times of food shortage.†
Chpt 1.8
- We have evolved over millions of years eating plants that today we would call "natural" or "organic."†
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- Our bodies evolved to use those same compounds to protect us from disease.†
Chpt 2.11
- As I explained, grass has evolved to be in partnership with grass eaters.†
Chpt 3.13
- The chickens get to do, and eat, what they evolved to do and eat.†
Chpt 3.14
- Humans evolved to eat meat from wild animals, animals that ate little or no grain.†
Chpt 3.17
- Human beings evolved to survive and be healthy on a diet of wild meat and plants.†
Chpt 3.17
- It is the food chain we evolved to be part of.†
Chpt 4.18
- Our bodies, from our teeth to our brains, evolved to help us hunt, cook, and eat meat.†
Chpt 4.19
- They have evolved to live with human beings.†
Chpt 4.19
- They depend on animals to eat them and spread their seeds, so they have evolved to be noticed.†
Chpt 4.21
Definitions:
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(1)
(evolve as in: the policy evolved) to develop (gradually come to exist or change)
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(2)
(evolve as in: evolved through natural selection) genetic change of a species over a long period of time through evolution
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) In chemistry, evolve can mean to emit gas or heat.