>"Strictly from a biological experience" humans are the mammals that have the highest tolerance from alcohol (which evolved recently). it isn't just a toleranc

>"Strictly from a biological experience" humans are the mammals that have the highest tolerance from alcohol (which evolved recently). it isn't just a tolerance. It is ability to use it as food, to metabolize it for energy. If i remember correctly our ape ancestors got it something like 8-10 million years ago. As i understand as a result they didn't necessarily had to climb the tree anymore for good fruit, the ones laying on the ground and already fermenting would do just fine (and even bring some pleasure :), and that possibly allowed to become more of a walking type than the tree climbing type. Small amount of good alcohol, like a good wine, on the net seem to have positive effect. Yet those specific positive effects, like for example plague cleaning from the blood vessels, seem to not be of use to the people under 40, and thus net result for them is negative as even small amounts of alcohol do have some negative effects too.