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\nAs children, we learn almost entirely through observation and mimicking. From laughter and walking to the use of objects and empathy, we often create the behavior of our lives based on what we witness in others. The same thing is true...\nAs children, we learn almost entirely through observation and mimicking. From laughter and walking to the use of objects and empathy, we often create the behavior of our lives based on what we witness in others. The same thing is true for food. Now, apply this same concept of learned behavior to our distant ancestors, thousands or even millions of years ago. For the vast majority of early human history, hominids were hunters and gatherers. This meant that they generally stayed in the same regions over multiple generations, only slowly exposing themselves and their offspring to different forms of flora and fauna. Trial and error may seem like a rather random process for the survival of a species, but that same tradition/approach stretches back even further, through every mammal, reptile, fish and prokaryote on the planet. Back to the earliest bacterium, when they ingested a foreign macromolecule, it would have either killed them or not. Those that survived and reproduced were those with the programmed sensitivity for certain compounds that were not fatal. When they reproduced, a similar proclivity for non-poisonous compounds would be passed along. This is rudimentary trial and error, but it can be extrapolated through all of life on the planet, a process that we can understand better through the lens of natural selection.\n
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learned behavior, humans, generations, resources, ancestors, parents, food, diet, death, communication
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