A LOVE of beer develops before birth and is linked to testosterone, say experts.

They believe exposure to more of the male sex hormone in the womb is a key factor.

A sign of high testosterone levels for foetuses can be seen in adults whose ring finger is significantly longer than their index finger .

And a study found that those people drank more decades later.

Professor John Manning — whose previous research suggested the finger ratio is linked to physical fitness, fertility and aggression — asked 258 people about their drinking habits , and recorded finger lengths.

The Swansea University expert concluded: “It is possible that differences in consumption are set in the womb.”

The link, published in the American Journal of Human Biology, was strongest for men with long ring fi

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