>Given that strong alcoholic drinks have been around for at most a few thousand years it seems silly to assume that any group has yet evolved any genetic adapta

>Given that strong alcoholic drinks have been around for at most a few thousand years it seems silly to assume that any group has yet evolved any genetic adaptations. Evolution happens over very short time frames if the stress is great enough. I don't know if that's the case in this instance, but it's certainly plausible.