North Europeans are lactose persistent

Why are north Europeans lactose persistent?
But Greeks Arabs Italians Hispanics blacks Indians lactose intolerant?

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Maybe it's genetic or they consumed milk better in colder north climates then the people's from further south?

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Maybe it's genetic or they consumed milk better in colder north climates then the people's from further south?

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    Andrew Andrew
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    Have you any idea what you're raving about?
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    michelle michelle
    Oh huh? Hmmm. Where did you read this?
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    Shan Barani Shan Barani
    Lactose persistent evolved first among Punjabis about 8000 years ago

    White Europeans are evolved from Punjabis about 6000 years ago, when the skin color gene SLC24A5 mutated from light brown to white in Afghanistan

    At this time, the Europeans inherited the Lactose persistent from Punjabis
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    brother_in_magic brother_...
    They were hunter gatherers for a longer period and drank more raw milk.
    However, I am of northwestern European ancestry (Irish/English) and am lactose intolerant; interestingly, though, my dna test puts me into one of the younger European groups that arrived in the neolithic.
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    J J
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    I'm native Greek and I've yet to find someone who's lactose intolerant.
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