In 3100 BC, hundreds of years before the first Indo-Europeans would set foot in Scandinavia, two very different groups of people had been maintaining highly contrasting ways of life for at least 400 years. Despite often living in very close proximity to each other. Everything ranging from their spiritualism, to their burials and even diets…
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The origins of lactase persistence in Europe
What is lactase persistence? Lactase. It’s that amazing enzyme which allows us to chug down a gallon of milk on a daily basis without having constant diarrhea. Well, some of us, at least. Lactase persistence, meaning the persistance of the lactase intestinal enzyme among adults, has a dramatic variation depending on where you come from…