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Stone Age Adults Couldn't Stomach Milk, Gene Study Shows

Milk wasn't on the Stone Age menu, says a new study which suggests the vast majority of adult Europeans were lactose intolerant as recently as 7,000 years ago. picked by Neiako 1 year ago

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9	Hoosker

1 year ago

Wouldn't have done them any good. Even if they did like it, I'm sure milking a dinosaur was next to impossible.

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7	Mershaul...

1 year ago

I could have sworn I had heard this more than a year ago... Ah well.

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9	tundramo...

1 year ago

*Gasp!*

This can't possibly mean we evolved and developed lactose tolerance, can it?

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2	ElHoopso

1 year ago

*Gasp!*

This can't possibly mean that we have an 'immune system', can it?

All that tells me is that those who drank milk often, gained a resistence to it.

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