• 2deck@lemmy.world
      2·
      11 months ago

      Ohhh if they were anything like me… they would have if they could… which they probably were… being my ancestors…

  • mommykink@lemmy.world
    112·
    11 months ago

    Ten thousand years of “evolution” (wrong use of the word btw) versus hundreds of millions of years of actual evolution

    • qyron@sopuli.xyz
      11·
      11 months ago

      It would be more adequate to define it as “population adaptation” in the case of milk tolerance after the age of weaning.

      • Taleya
        121·
        11 months ago

        They also just straight up ignored the fact the majority of humans never adapted to milk. It’s something like 70% of the species that has lactose malabsorption lol

    • Lvxferre@lemmy.ml
      7·
      11 months ago

      I’m not sure but I do think that evolution played a big role here. Probably not for the reasons in the OP, but because it’s a way to convert grass into portable food with decent long-term storage (cheese). This is huge for migratory populations, but still helpful for sedentary ones due to winter.