Karl@literature.cafe to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-21 day agoWhy aren't we evolved to eat grass?message-squaremessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up156arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up151arrow-down1message-squareWhy aren't we evolved to eat grass?Karl@literature.cafe to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-21 day agomessage-square54fedilinkfile-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-up22·22 hours 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-squareI Cast Fist@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·13 hours agoBamboo is also grass, we can eat the shoots/sprouts
minus-squareInfrapink@thebrainbin.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up21·20 hours 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-up11·17 hours agothey faked it until they made it!
minus-square100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·19 hours agoVavilovian mimicry goes brrr
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.
Bamboo is also grass, we can eat the shoots/sprouts
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!
Vavilovian mimicry goes brrr
Don’t forget corn!