(Why have you) got milk?

Every day we drink the breast milk of other animals — mostly cows. Why though? And how did the most spectacular mutation in recent human history help to found Western civilization, & was it all, "the worst mistake in human history"?

http://www.Centives.net/S/2012/why-have-you-got-milk/

More detail:

http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/human_evolution/2012/10/evolution_of_lactose_tolerance_why_do_humans_keep_drinking_milk.single.html

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