If you’re starting to feel like you have a lot in common with rats, you’re right. Humans share most of our innate food preferences with rats, which makes sense if you think about it: We’re both omnivores that have been eating human food for many generations. Humans and rats are born liking sweet and disliking bitter flavors, suggesting that these are deeply wired adaptations that may have evolved prior to the divergence of our species seventy-five million years ago.22 In addition, people of all cultures enjoy the meaty flavor of glutamate, dislike odors of decay, and are repulsed by foods that
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difference between rats and humans in taste preference. rats don't care for salt eh ? how do they get their sodium then ?
