NYT: Study Detects Recent Instance of Human Evolution

[edhopper]

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/10/science/10cnd-evolve.html?hp&ex=1165813200&en=459da82e1510cecf&ei=5094&partner=homepage

I guess I'm not that evolved because when I have milk, watch out! :-)

[WindRavenX]

1. This can't be!!111!!!

Glad to know that there's yet another feather in the cap of evolution.

[Warren DeMontague]

2. That sound you hear is the sound of Fundamentalist Heads EXPLODING!

Dinosaurs on Noah's Ark! The Earth is 6,000 years old! Science is just the French word for "Satan"! Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!

[Akoto]

3. No, no. You've got it all wrong.

This is proof that the cows are God's intelligent designers on Earth. :)

[Donnachaidh]

4. So will the freepers only allow lactose intolerant people in church?

And what will the test involve? :sarcasm:

It seems appropropriate -- they are so intolerant of so many other things. :evilgrin:

[HockeyMom]

5. "Wisdom" teeth

My husband and both my daughters don't have them. I do. Dentists have told them that they are seeing more and more patients who do not develop them. One said he believes wisdom teeth are on the verge of extinction.

You know what's coming next, don't you? Somebody needs to take a survey of * supporters. Do you have wisdom teeth???????



:evilgrin:

[darkmaestro019]

8. I only had three, and my mother only had one.......

I wish I'd gotten away with none, because the surgery for the two being removed wasn't much fun. We left the upper one alone because it doesn't seem to give me much trouble. I'm almost thirty, so I guess if it was gonna, it would've by now.

I hope for the sake of future generations they go away entirely. Having more teeth than will fit in your head is very unpleasant : )

[Toucano]

12. Interesting. I was had an extra pair.

It was very strange to have them removed and then have to have the second set removed 15 years later.

[edhopper]

6. Isn't this

the best evidence to support evolution?

http://www.bushorchimp.com/pics.html

[usregimechange]

7. Wow! This seems to be a big find.

[nam78_two]

9. I haven't evolved evidently

;-/

Thats interesting-thanks for posting.

[applegrove]

10. I love reading articles like that. Fascinating! Thanks.

[symbolman]

11. I wish I'd never had mine removed

they are there for a reason.. when some of your molars fall out in middle age you get MORE TEETH..

I could use them about now :) don't want to live on soup when I get ancient!