That's quite interesting. I saw a documentary ages ago that implied that alcohol consumption was a lot more recent, citing the fact that people of chinese / oriental origin have a high incidence of alcohol intolerant.
The theory given in the documentary was that in Europe, since pre-history unsafe water was made drinkable by fermentation meaning that over many generations those with an intolerance died out.
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Date: 2008-07-29 12:02 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-07-29 01:30 pm (UTC)The theory given in the documentary was that in Europe, since pre-history unsafe water was made drinkable by fermentation meaning that over many generations those with an intolerance died out.
In the east they simply boiled the water.
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Date: 2008-07-29 01:33 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-07-29 06:00 pm (UTC)Do those plants grow here ;O)