Posted on 11/20/2004 6:42:15 AM PST by Lessismore
ping
Okay, who's Gene and why are the Ural farmers trying to milk him?
Were they led by some huge dude with black armor, deep voice, and never seemed to die?
Does this mean I can forget about the words of a psychiatrist, who told me, 30 years ago, that I couldn't digest milk after childhood because I had "issues" with my mother?
and - so? why? what? I am 53 and I STILL drink milk - all my cats up until they died at 18 & 20 drank milk - my dogs (pit bulls) like milk.
Is this just more PETA / ELF / ALF / ASPCA leftist gibberish in line with their agenda to make mankind the lesser species?
Good article, thanks. How did your intrests on Dauphin Island fare during the hurricane?
GGG Ping.
What on earth are you talking about? Did you actually read the article?
You did know there were billions of people that can't drink milk as adults, didn't you?
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"Billions"? Hogwash.
Of COURSE they can drink milk. Milk costs good money and we're NOT pouring it down the drain. They can darn well sit there until they have finished their milk. And if they don't there'll be no dessert.
Gene Ping
I believe you. Our most over-rated profession.
Chinese and other Asians (Japanese, Vietnamese) can't drink milk. Black Africans can't drink milk. Native Americans can't drink milk.
Plenty of people of European ancestry can't drink milk, either. My husband can't, and neither can my younger son. My mother can't drink milk, but my father can.
My older son and I both love milk. Between us we drink about two gallons a week. Not to mention yogurt, ice cream and cheese, which are more digestible for the lactose intolerant.
Thanks for the ping. It's interesting, but this looks like routine genetics, so I suspect it won't get the evolution crowd very worked up.
BTTT
Sob...I still remember missing recess, sitting in the cafeteria, because I refused to drink my milk! I knew if I drank it, there would be a mess to clean up later. I have the strongest bones in the world...and I never drank milk!
The ability to feed infants cow's milk, mare's milk, goat's milk or sheep's milk after their mother died or was too ill to produce milk must have contributed to the spread of the lactose tolerance gene.
I recall at least one infant burial among the Xinjiang Caucasian mummies where a leather "baby bottle" made out of (if I recall correctly) a goat's nipple was buried with the child.
Actually, this might explain, in part, why Causasians are so much taller than Asians and most Africans -- milk in the diet makes strong bones. The Masai, who are extremely tall Africans, also drink milk.
So, I think this is pertinent to evolution.
My impression is that for most creationists, there are two things about evolutionary theor that upsets them - first, they object to the theory that life appeared out of nowhere ("cosmic soup"), which really has nothing to do with evolutionary theory per se, and they object to the theory that evolution is the result solely of random events, which really has little to do with evolutionary theory, either.
I posit that if these concepts were not taught as part of evolution, the ruckus would die down. JMHO.
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