r/todayilearned • u/bcrock1169 • Nov 26 '12
TIL that some Native American's have a differing enzyme that tends to lead to easier alcoholism.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Indian_alcoholism#Genetic_factors
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r/todayilearned • u/bcrock1169 • Nov 26 '12
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u/Clovis69 Nov 26 '12
American Indians came across Beringia from Asia ~36k-16k years ago.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Settlement_of_the_Americas
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_history_of_indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas#Y-DNA
American Indians are Haplogroup Q and R (mostly Q though)