how are innate food preferences adaptive

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  • salty- hot african savannah, salty food would be needed to replace salts lost through sweating
  • sweet- early humans relied on sweet sources that were available for their survival, the more energy they had from sugar the more likely they would survive
  • fatty- humans have evolved to have a diet rich in calories, energy resources were vital to stay alive so hunters sought fatty foods rich in calories