Re: milk and human sociobiology

Robert Snower (rs222@worldnet.att.net)
Wed, 22 Jan 1997 16:35:09 GMT

geroldf@sdd.hp.com (Gerold Firl) wrote:

>Here is an interesting question: did the genes for lactose tolerance
>diffuse outward from a single source, or did evolution locally select
>for it in areas where cattle were kept for meat? Actually, both
>processes undoubtedly occured, but which was faster?

To me the more interesting question is, why did the lactose
intolerance develop? And when? And why was it adaptive?

Best wishes. rs

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