@hbdchick guess a lot of people are going to have to rewrite history. Nicholas wade for instance?
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@SocPathology well understanding history & prehistory is a work in progress. sometimes your theories are right, sometimes they're not. nbd. -
@hbdchick yeah, but the lactose intolerance schtick was a bit overplayed. Survival advantage had nothing to do with it. -
@SocPathology what, then, if not survival advantage? -
@hbdchick it was neutral -
@SocPathology selected for for no reason? -
@hbdchick not selected at all. A survival independent feature but good for Darwin fairy stories -
@SocPathology but there's plenty of evidence for the fact that the alleles in question were, indeed, positively selected. - 1 more reply
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@hbdchick So disappointing. It was such a cool idea. -
@edwjoshea it was a cool idea! -
@hbdchick 2/2 ... hg R1b? If so, I wonder if they were the lactase persistence guys (and if they were Proto-Vasconic.) -
@edwjoshea oh, gosh. dunno! you probably know more than i do. i'm not really up to speed on all the IE theories. (*^_^*)
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@HailEuropa oh, yeah. (^_^)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@hbdchick That he has done it speaks a lot of his intellectual honesty as a scientist.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@hbdchick I saw that paper about lactose tolerance being a fairly recent development and wondered if Cochran would acknowledge it.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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