Intense craving for sugar, is a harmless and potentially beneficial adaptation for a human hunter-gatherer. This however, can be quite harmful for a city-dweller, and forces him to incessantly keep a watch over his impulses and frequently keep applying breaks.
Is there an accepted or popular term for such adaptations which eventually turned into maladaptations as we civilised ourselves?
Intense craving for sugar, is a harmless and potentially beneficial adaptation for a human hunter-gatherer. This however, can be quite harmful for a city-dweller, and forces him to incessantly keep a watch over his impulses and frequently keep applying breaks.
Is there an accepted or popular term for such adaptations which eventually turned into maladaptations as we civilised ourselves?