• mommykink@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Ten thousand years of “evolution” (wrong use of the word btw) versus hundreds of millions of years of actual evolution

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      11 months ago

      It would be more adequate to define it as “population adaptation” in the case of milk tolerance after the age of weaning.

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        11 months ago

        They also just straight up ignored the fact the majority of humans never adapted to milk. It’s something like 70% of the species that has lactose malabsorption lol

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      I’m not sure but I do think that evolution played a big role here. Probably not for the reasons in the OP, but because it’s a way to convert grass into portable food with decent long-term storage (cheese). This is huge for migratory populations, but still helpful for sedentary ones due to winter.