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Old Dec 15, 2007, 07:39 am   #5 (permalink) (top)
Nono
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Right, the individuals in northern climes who survived through to reproduction were those whose genes gave them a lactose tolerance. That's natural selection.

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Many Chinese and African adults cannot digest lactose in milk, but across Europe a lactose-tolerance gene is now widespread.
Which is why the world's greatest cheeses are European.


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