Humans "evolving gene" that may stop us drinking alcohol

Scientists believe people have begun evolving so they find it so unpleasant it could stop our species from drinking in the future.

Examining recent trends in the positive selection of genes across human populations they discovered that a variant of a gene that results in an “adverse physical response” to alcohol had simultaneously emerged in various populations without direct genetic inheritance.

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