Why did 40% of the human population evolve to tolerate lactose?(1 point)

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Lactose tolerance allows people to enjoy a wide variety of food, including milk, butter, ice cream, and cheese.
Lactose tolerance allows people to enjoy a wide variety of food, including milk, butter, ice cream, and cheese.

Within cultures that rely on milk-producing animals, individuals who tolerated lactose had a survival advantage.
Within cultures that rely on milk-producing animals, individuals who tolerated lactose had a survival advantage.

People who have an intolerance experience physical pain, so a tolerance evolved to avoid that.
People who have an intolerance experience physical pain, so a tolerance evolved to avoid that.

Babies rely on milk to survive, so they need to be able to tolerate lactose.
Babies rely on milk to survive, so they need to be able to tolerate lactose.

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The correct answer is: Within cultures that rely on milk-producing animals, individuals who tolerated lactose had a survival advantage.