If the lactose intolerance is common for the vast majority of people of non-European descent, then why is milk drinking so common in certain African and Asian cultures?

Question

A lot of pasotoralkst and hisforically pastoralist peoples like the Maasai, Mongolians, Tibetans have a prominent milk drinking culture that existed before European influence. How’d groups like these get by for so long if lactose intolerance is so universal.

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Answer 1

Lactose intolerance isn’t universal. The groups such as the Kung San who drink milk mixed with blood generally are lactose tolerant. A much higher percent of Tibetans are lactose tolerant that say Han Chinese for example, like 10x more.