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One thing that I found interesting is the implication that a strong negative reaction to alcohol is something that evolved as a response to alcoholic beverages
by Rebelgecko 5y ago
One thing that I found interesting is the implication that a strong negative reaction to alcohol is something that evolved as a response to alcoholic beverages being first created in Asia.
Is there any way to study the prevalence of the ADH1B and ADH1C genes over time? e.g. to determine if they actually become more common as alcoholic beverages proliferated?
- didibus 5y agoI was a bit bothered by this part, because the article didn't seem transparent in saying that this is only a hypothesis, and instead kind of talked about it as a well established proven fact.
- fastball 5y agoEh, the crux of the article doesn't really rely on said hypothesis so I don't think the author was really trying to pull a fast one on anyone.
- xyzzyz 5y agoYes, you can get DNA from human remains, even very old ones.
- Rebelgecko 5y agoHas anyone tried that for these particular genes?