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Science & Technology
Drunken Monkey Theory
2017-02-24
[BBC] Our ancestors were drinking alcohol before they were human.
Posted by:Skidmark

#3  A flyover drone of Formosa
Just poured her her seventh mimosa:
"For (urp!) NPR,
In Taiwan, on the bar,
I'm Maria (rrr rrr) Hinojosa!
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220   2017-02-24 23:59  

#2  "In 2000, Robert Dudley of the University of California in Berkeley proposed the idea of a deep historical link between fruit-eating animals and alcohol intake. With his curiously-titled "Drunken Monkey Hypothesis", Dudley suggested that our early ancestors were introduced to alcohol in fermenting fruit, and that this might underlie our current taste for it."

Uhmmmm, explain a lot doesn't it!
Posted by: Seeking cure for ignorance   2017-02-24 21:02  

#1  Donnie Yen and Jackie Chan have bought the screen rights.
Posted by: charger   2017-02-24 20:45  

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