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Ancient DNA Reveals How Europeans Developed Light Skin and Lactose Tolerance

Daniel Zadik, THE CONVERSATION (TheConversation.com) — Food intolerance is often dismissed as a modern invention and a “first-world problem”. However, a study analysing the genomes of 101 Bronze-Age Eurasians reveals that around 90% were lactose intolerant. The research also sheds light on how modern Europeans came to look the way they do – and that […]