Why aren't we evolved to eat grass? (literature.cafe)

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It's everywhere. Why not just eat it instead of searching for veggies and meat which are more difficult to have?

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[-] Infrapink@thebrainbin.org 23 points 1 day ago

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.

[-] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 day ago

they faked it until they made it!

[-] 100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.it 8 points 1 day ago

Vavilovian mimicry goes brrr

[-] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago

Don't forget corn!

this post was submitted on 06 Apr 2026

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