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mleku | 9 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 for some 185,000 years we did not eat this shit
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Laeserin | 9 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Human adaption is slow. Not that slow. That's about 215 generations.

And humans have always been able to digest some starches, such as roots, vegetables, or fruit. We're omnivores.
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Laeserin | 9 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Okay, I can agree with that. Many people probably can't correctly process seeds.
Or alcohol.
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mleku | 9 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 alcohol suppresses some of the effects of high blood sugar... i only just learned this recently, it increases insulin response
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Laeserin | 9 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Ah, just searched for that. You appear to be correct. Interesting.
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Laeserin | 9 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Perhaps there's a reason why alcohol tolerance and the ability to process seeds occurs together.
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mleku | 9 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 yes, beer and seed eating appeared at the same time
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Laeserin | 9 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Ah, just searched for that. You appear to be correct. Interesting.
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Laeserin | 9 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Perhaps there's a reason why alcohol tolerance and the ability to process seeds occurs together.
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mleku | 9 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 yes, beer and seed eating appeared at the same time