⁨17⁩ ⁨likes⁩

Submitted ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Deceptichum@quokk.au⁩ to ⁨science@mander.xyz⁩

https://www.sciencealert.com/humans-in-the-andes-appear-to-have-evolved-a-strange-genetic-ability

Humans in The Andes Appear to Have Evolved a Strange Genetic Ability

For thousands of years, humans living high in the Argentinian Andes have relied on drinking water that would make most people deathly ill.

Comments

Sort:hotnew top

solrize@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

According to a DNA analysis of people across western South America, a population in the Argentinian Andes carries a gene variant that likely helps them metabolize arsenic more safely

Wow it’s not microbes etc. The water has arsenic and they can drink it.

source