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One reason alcohol is so prevalent is that it's a natural product of fermentation of items that we consume. There are videos of dozens of different species of
by colordrops 6y ago
One reason alcohol is so prevalent is that it's a natural product of fermentation of items that we consume. There are videos of dozens of different species of animals drunk on alcohol in rotten food out in the environment. I wouldn't be surprised that the reason we can function relatively well with alcohol use is that we evolved to tolerate it.
- lbarrow 6y agoI had a class on human development where the professor went in the exact opposite direction on this point. Alcohol is basically a mild poison, but it doesn't trigger morning sickness in pregnant women, which you'd think it should given the negative effects it has on the fetus. The lack of evolved response suggests that widespread alcohol consumption is actually a relatively recent development for human beings.