Ancient Britons rapidly evolved to cope with lack of sunlight

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The people living in Great Britain 4500 years ago evolved rapidly to cope with a lack of vitamin D triggered by their dietary choices and Britain’s cloudy skies

has acted on genes involved in the production of vitamin D – which people living in Britain are sometimes short of due to a lack of sunlight for much of the year.digest milk to their skin colour.Subscribe for unlimited digital access.

has acted on genes involved in the production of vitamin D – which people living in Britain are sometimes short of due to a lack of sunlight for much of the year.digest milk to their skin colour.Subscribe for unlimited digital access
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