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Well, as an Anthropology student, I had to look into this a few years ago, and the general opinion is that we've pretty much stopped evolving. They can test this using mitochondrial DNA evidence which is passed on from the mother only and can actually trace the course of human evolution.
This is particularly cool for those twat racists who deny that we are evolved from Africans, since they proved that there is one tribe in Ethiopia who are more closely related to the 'first' human female (commonly referred to as "mitochondrial Eve").
If I were a more conscientious student I would have a reference for you. But I don't. Sorry.
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This is particularly cool for those twat racists who deny that we are evolved from Africans, since they proved that there is one tribe in Ethiopia who are more closely related to the 'first' human female (commonly referred to as "mitochondrial Eve").
If I were a more conscientious student I would have a reference for you. But I don't. Sorry.
This username sucks, so I'm BBKid now instead. Replies, insults, sexual favours and death threats to be sent there from now on.
aero04 0
Humm, it's ringing some bells, just can't quite place it. Never thought of myself as a geek though...
RAH, Friday?
Zenister 0
2 points sir!
billvon 3,006
>humanity needs to take a longer view of its cultural policies..
We don't look further than the next election right now, and we laugh at things like Kyoto. I think it will be a long, long time before we consider planning for the long term future (unfortunately.)
We don't look further than the next election right now, and we laugh at things like Kyoto. I think it will be a long, long time before we consider planning for the long term future (unfortunately.)
Muenkel 0
QuoteMost people, even the ugly & stupid ones, live to an age where they can breed.
According to Jerry Seinfeld, ugly and stupid people are breeding due to alcohol.

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riggerrob 643
Eugenics is already standard practice in many parts of Asia. In India, China, etc, they mourn the birth of baby girls and celebrate the birth of baby boys. Fertility clinics, MRI clinics, etc. make big bucks predicting the gender of fetuses. If the fetus is female, chances are high that it will be aborted.
Also defective children die mysteriously at birth or are forced to live their lives behind closed doors because they are an embarrassment to their families.
This is already leading to problems in some Chinese villages because there are not enough brides for the young men. This forces them to look elsewhere for brides or turn gay. This sort of unresolved sexual stress will be bad for the village in the long run. On the other hand, if this limits population growth, then those villages will become tiny Chinese clones of Canada: i.e low birth rate forces them to import workers. Imported workers are rarely offered the best jobs, and in places like arabia they become slaves in everything but name.
Also defective children die mysteriously at birth or are forced to live their lives behind closed doors because they are an embarrassment to their families.
This is already leading to problems in some Chinese villages because there are not enough brides for the young men. This forces them to look elsewhere for brides or turn gay. This sort of unresolved sexual stress will be bad for the village in the long run. On the other hand, if this limits population growth, then those villages will become tiny Chinese clones of Canada: i.e low birth rate forces them to import workers. Imported workers are rarely offered the best jobs, and in places like arabia they become slaves in everything but name.
Many people believe that animals evolve. They don't offer up the neccesary proof that people have evolved, but they believe that too. I say no, we haven't changed since the very first day. We evolve the environment around us to meet our needs. We may be smarter, have better technology, but we will never be wiser, or able to take out the trash with our minds.
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billvon 3,006
>Many people believe that animals evolve.
Many people know this for a fact; they have _seen_ animals like fruit flies evolve in experiments that force rapid natural selection.
>I say no, we haven't changed since the very first day.
A lot of evidence contradicts that. We have fossil records that show remains of humans that are more and more different from us the older they are. We have genes that encode for all sorts of non-human traits; they've been 'turned off' and become part of our so-called junk DNA. We see human fetuses express earlier stages of evolution during development, and we see that animals closely related to us (apes, chimpanzees) have 95% of our DNA - even the 'junk' strings match closely. That suggests a common ancestor.
I suppose one could consider that god just did all that to trick us, but I don't believe in a trickster god.
Many people know this for a fact; they have _seen_ animals like fruit flies evolve in experiments that force rapid natural selection.
>I say no, we haven't changed since the very first day.
A lot of evidence contradicts that. We have fossil records that show remains of humans that are more and more different from us the older they are. We have genes that encode for all sorts of non-human traits; they've been 'turned off' and become part of our so-called junk DNA. We see human fetuses express earlier stages of evolution during development, and we see that animals closely related to us (apes, chimpanzees) have 95% of our DNA - even the 'junk' strings match closely. That suggests a common ancestor.
I suppose one could consider that god just did all that to trick us, but I don't believe in a trickster god.
quade 4
Quote. . . but I don't believe in a trickster god.
How about Coyote the Trickster?
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kiltboy 0
The body part cloning is an interesting thought. I'd hate to see cloning DNA to design people as I think that would screw up the genepool. I'm thinking of one catastrophic disease that could shatter the human population as there was no longer the genetic diversity in the population that would enable it to survive.
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billvon 3,006
>I'd hate to see cloning DNA to design people as I think that would
>screw up the genepool.
Cloning does not really affect the genepool - it effectively 'freezes' it if used to create cloned children of one of two parents. The only issue is if one genotype becomes very popular diversity is reduced.
>screw up the genepool.
Cloning does not really affect the genepool - it effectively 'freezes' it if used to create cloned children of one of two parents. The only issue is if one genotype becomes very popular diversity is reduced.
2 points to the first geek who can place the qoute...
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