Noobink: TIL researchers found a single genetic mutation that occurred about 10 million years ago and endowed our ancestors with a stronger ability to metabolize ethanol. As getting drunk off fruit would render one unable to defend territory or look for food, selection favored those with the new mutation.

TIL researchers found a single genetic mutation that occurred about 10 million years ago and endowed our ancestors with a stronger ability to metabolize ethanol. As getting drunk off fruit would render one unable to defend territory or look for food, selection favored those with the new mutation.

http://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/our-ancestors-were-consuming-alcohol-10-million-years-ago

Submitted March 02, 2015 at 08:53PM by THRASHINGMADNESS http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2xoaul/til_researchers_found_a_single_genetic_mutation/

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TIL researchers found a single genetic mutation that occurred about 10 million years ago and endowed our ancestors with a stronger ability to metabolize ethanol. As getting drunk off fruit would render one unable to defend territory or look for food, selection favored those with the new mutation.

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