Hah, I learnt of this fact before. It is just strange one specific plant can taste like a soap. What could lead evolution to equip us with this gene?
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Hah, I learnt of this fact before. It is just strange one specific plant can taste like a soap. What could lead evolution to equip us with this gene?
Probably to avoid toxic stuff. It's usually the reason.
Yep, there are many toxic organic chemicals, whichs struture is very similar to benefical chemicals. I hoped for better story :)
Sorry, the story usually is "so we don't die" :P
In the plant kingdom, each part has its own awesome story. So is in the animal kingdom. I love the lessons of my biology teacher, when he knows many correlations and he wants us to guess them. They are complicated but logical.
I disagree it is "so we don't die". If it was true, we could get subjugated by other species, afraid of them and hidden in the dark. It is rather "so we survive". In the past years, when average IQ increases, it is even "so we dominate".