The ability to digest lactose, known as lactase persistence, played a crucial role in the population expansion of early humans. Researchers have found evidence of dairy consumption aiding survival and long-distance travel, with dairy products being a staple for early humans.
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In 2001, researchers found a stone spear tip embedded in a cave bear vertebra—evidence of a hunt 29,000 years ago. Now, after more than 2 decades of additional research, dozens of additional signs have been found. https://t.co/eJ2Unth7uW
The ability to digest lactose--lactase persistence--quite literally fuelled the most violent and important population expansion in human history. On a diet of dairy products, the early Indo-Europeans spread from Scandinavia in the west to the Altai mountains in the east. https://t.co/oXPjHUtlso https://t.co/Kx7c40eyjj