ancestral environment

Ancestral environment refers to the natural surroundings and conditions in which our ancestors lived, including the climate, available foods, predators, and social structures. Understanding this environment helps explain how our biological traits, behaviors, and tendencies evolved over generations, shaped by the challenges and opportunities they faced. It provides context for why humans might prefer certain foods, have specific behavioral instincts, or develop particular physical features, all of which are responses to the demands of survival in their historical habitats.