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Humans in The Andes Appear to Have Evolved a Strange Genetic Ability
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lumpenproletariat quokk.au Deceptichum@quokk.au
Joined: 2025-06-09
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For thousands of years, humans living high in the Argentinian Andes have relied on drinking water that would make most people deathly ill.

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solrize lemmy.ml solrize@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2023-06-22
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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.

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