Stamets@lemmy.world to Comic Strips@lemmy.world · 17 hours ago[SeanyBoyDraws] Lactose Intolerance Erasurelemmy.worldimagemessage-square102fedilinkarrow-up1677arrow-down122cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·9 hours agoBtw, is there a evolutionary cost to creating lactase? Because, why do we stop with it usually and only keep it if it has huge advantages?
minus-squareRob Bos@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·9 hours agoI would guess that humans have been around for what, 250k years? And that the vast majority of that didn’t involve a whole lot of milk after age 4. So it wouldn’t have been to much advantage to be able to metabolize lactose.
minus-squarehperrin@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 hours agoYes. It costs calories and nutrients.
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Btw, is there a evolutionary cost to creating lactase? Because, why do we stop with it usually and only keep it if it has huge advantages?
I would guess that humans have been around for what, 250k years? And that the vast majority of that didn’t involve a whole lot of milk after age 4.
So it wouldn’t have been to much advantage to be able to metabolize lactose.
Yes. It costs calories and nutrients.