Any other, alternative hypotheses to explain why Europeans and European-descended peoples drink far more than most others (this holds true for country to country comparisons though some places like Nigeria with little European descent are high, and less so but somewhat true within places like the US where whites seem to drink a bit more than racial minorities)?
I’m struck that “Europeans drink more than most of the world” is a bigger thing than “East Asians drink less than most of the world” by a long shot. That still seems to ask for an explanation, even if not genetic (e.g. cultural, historical etc.).
Any other, alternative hypotheses to explain why Europeans and European-descended peoples drink far more than most others (this holds true for country to country comparisons though some places like Nigeria with little European descent are high, and less so but somewhat true within places like the US where whites seem to drink a bit more than racial minorities)?
I’m struck that “Europeans drink more than most of the world” is a bigger thing than “East Asians drink less than most of the world” by a long shot. That still seems to ask for an explanation, even if not genetic (e.g. cultural, historical etc.).