Unable to resist ordering chips or eating just one more biscuit? Blame your ancestors. Scientists believe that our cravings for fatty, salty and sugary foods have their roots deep in evolution. They say our modern-day taste for junk food can be traced back two million years, to a time when the brains of early humans rapidly increased in size. To satisfy the energy demands of their burgeoning brains the first members of the Homo genus – direct ancestors of modern man – developed a taste for high calorie foods. But they kept in trim because they had to widen the … Continue reading Why We Can Blame Our Ancestors for the Way We Crave Fatty Junk Food