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Ok, look back at the wiki.

Do you know <i>why</i> you can't internally produce Vit C?



Because a mutation turned off our precursor's ability to do so, and (due to the abundance of vitamin C in their diet), wasn't immediately deleterous but instead managed to spread throughout the entire population.




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