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Nature 444, 994-996 (21 December 2006) | doi:10.1038/444994a; Published online 21 December 2006
Human evolution: How Africa learned to love the cow
Erika Check1
- Erika Check is a senior reporter for Nature in San Francisco.
Abstract
The development of lactose tolerance in sub-Saharan Africa is a fascinating tale of genetic convergence, reports Erika Check.
The Dinka people of southern Sudan, it is said, have 400 different words to refer to the cattle that they prize above all other things. The Maasai, who live in Kenya and northern Tanzania, have traditionally believed that all cattle on Earth were given to them by the gods, and value those in their possession accordingly.
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