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    LACTOSE TOLERANCE EVOLVED IN EUROPEANS THANKS TO FAMINE AND DISEASE

    Aug 17, 2022 2 minutes

    Prehistoric Europeans were drinking milk as adults thousands of years before most of them evolved the gene necessary to digest lactose, a study carried out at University College London and the University of Bristol has found.

    By poring over DNA and archaeological records dating back 9,000 years, the researchers believe that it was

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