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Why Should Cows Not Be Allowed To Eat

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Archaeological records from between 7500 and 9000 years ago, suggest that colonies of people from Northern Africa and the Middle East began to domesticate and milk cattle. Later, these cows were brought to Europe, where the human population then began to domesticate their own cattle. Before the domestication of cows, the tolerance or intolerance to lactose did not provide an evolutionary advantage or disadvantage because it did not affect an individual’s ability to survive. As a result, it did not affect natural selection and had no bearing on evolution. Due to the shared cultural traits of milk consumption in adults and the domestication of animals in the aforementioned European and African cultures, this led to strong, positive selection

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