Humans have tasted wine 10 million years ago

American scientists have proved that human ancestors tasted wine 10 million years ago.

Scientists working at the Applied Molecular Evolution Fund based in Gainesville, Florida (USA) tracked the evolution of the enzyme molecule of people with the function of alcohol metabolism, alcohol-dehydrogenase 4 and withdrawal. conclude; Enzymes appear in human ancestors, gorillas and chimpanzees about 10 million years ago.

To conduct this study, the scientists recreated alcohol-dehydrogenase 4 in extinct apes.

First, scientists studied the DNA sequences of 27 species of gibbons today and then, on the contrary.

The results showed that the scientists calculated the genetic code of an extinct ape and produced enzymes in the laboratory.

This enzyme is responsible for separating alcohol in the digestive system. However, the conclusion of this study does not mean that 10 million years ago our ancestors started drinking alcohol, only to show that there was a new enzyme that was inherited to the time when we followed the path of self-selection. Of course.

It is also possible that the enzyme molecule appears when the ape is on the ground to find food. Scientists think that sometimes the fruits they find have begun to ferment.

This hypothesis explains why the tree orangutans are unable to digest alcohol, while most people, chimpanzees and gorillas are capable of that.