Why do we love carbs? The origins predate agriculture and maybe even our split from Neanderthals
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Study co-led by UB finds the gene for starch-digesting saliva may have first duplicated more than 800,000 years ago, seeding the genetic variation that shapes our modern diet.
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Original Title: The origins of why we love carbs predate agriculture and maybe even our split from Neanderthals. New study finds the gene for starch-digesting saliva may have first duplicated more than 800,000 years ago, seeding the genetic variation that shapes our modern diet.