Our ape ancestors came down from the trees for cocktails

Saturday, December 13, 2014 - 11:30 in Biology & Nature

Genetic evidence suggests that the human ability to tolerate alcohol was an adaptation in our ape ancestors that allowed them to eat fermenting fruit.

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