For 8000 år siden var de fleste europæere ikke i stand til at drikke mælk som voksne. Det tyder nye skeletfund i hvert fald på.

"The key point here is that there was something that was very, very rare 8000 years ago but common today," says Mark Thomas, an evolutionary geneticist at University College London and an author of the study. "That's really strong natural selection."

Evolution: It Does a Body Good - Study of ancient skeletons reveals ability to digest milk arose relatively recently [Science|NOW]