Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
EUGENICS
eugenics
(noun) the study of methods of improving genetic qualities by selective breeding (especially as applied to human mating)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
eugenics (uncountable)
(sociology, biology) A social philosophy or practice which advocates the improvement of human hereditary qualities through selective breeding, either by encouraging people with good genetic qualities to reproduce (positive eugenics), or discouraging people with bad genetic qualities from reproducing (negative eugenics), or by technological means.
Source: Wiktionary
Eu*gen"ics, n.
Definition: The science of improving stock, whether human or animal. F. Galton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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POLYGENIC
(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes
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