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A woman's remains would be about the last thing I'd expect to find in a bronze-age battlefield, but out of 14, they found 2. Considering the ubiquity of lactase
by theandrewbailey 1y ago
A woman's remains would be about the last thing I'd expect to find in a bronze-age battlefield, but out of 14, they found 2. Considering the ubiquity of lactase persistence for centuries, not finding 1 instance on either side is surprising.
- apothegm 1y agoThe article said that previous theories suggested that the gene spread gradually and that for a long time it was increasingly widespread, but not nearly ubiquitous at the time in question. It’s entirely possible that the groups in conflict were among those to whom it hadn’t yet spread.