Most people have a preference for foods with a high fat content (e.g., red meat, cheese, cream). From an evolutionary perspective, what does this suggest?
A) Modern humans should eat a diet rich in high fat food.
B) All animals prefer a diet high fat diet.
C) At some point in our evolutionary history, seeking out high fat foods was adaptive.
D) Early humans were mostly vegetarians.
Answer: C
Rationale: The fact that humans have evolved a preference for high fat foods suggests that these foods were important for survival at some point during our evolutionary history, perhaps during times when calories were scarce. However, long-term consumption of high fat diets today is associated with health problems.
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