Milk hasn’t always been good for you, research suggests

EUROPEANS only learned to stomach milk within the last 7,000 years, research suggests.

Milk hasn’t always been good for you, research suggests

Human remains dating to 5000BC were found to be missing the gene that allows adults to digest milk without unpleasant side effects.

Milk tolerance must have evolved rapidly alongside dairy farming, giving Europeans with a major survival advantage, said scientists.

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