Human Evolution Speeding Up, Study Says - The Orange Mane

Bronco Bob · 12-11-2007, 03:50 PM

John Roach
for National Geographic News
December 11, 2007

Explosive population growth is driving human evolution to speed up around the world, according to a new study.

The pace of change accelerated about 40,000 years ago and then picked up even more with the advent of agriculture
about 10,000 years ago, the study says.

And while humans are evolving quickly around the world, local cultural and environmental factors are shaping
evolution differently on different continents.

"We're evolving away from each other. We're getting more and more different," said Henry Harpending, an anthropologist
at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City who co-authored the study.

For example, in Europe natural selection has favored genes for pigmentation like light skin, blue eyes, and blond hair.
Asians also have genes selected for light skin, but they are different from the European ones.

"Europeans and Asians are both bleached Africans, but the way they got bleached is different in the two areas," Harpending said.

He and colleagues report the finding this week in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

The researchers' analysis found that 7 percent of human genes have been undergoing rapid, recent evolution.

If humans had always evolved at this rate, the difference between modern humans and chimps should be 160 times greater than it really is.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...evolution.html

Garcia Bronco · 12-11-2007, 04:26 PM

It's the KFC man...I am telling you.

alkemical · 12-11-2007, 04:29 PM

NO, not the KFC MAN!?!??!

Hotrod · 12-11-2007, 04:30 PM

Im pretty much proof this theory is correct

Bronco_Beerslug · 12-11-2007, 04:48 PM

I think we are regressing.

orangenblue2 · 12-11-2007, 05:58 PM

This whole thread is BS. Evolution and/or Natural Selection is just a "theory" cooked up by satan to deceive humans...

TheDave · 12-11-2007, 06:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bronco Bob

The pace of change accelerated about 40,000 years ago and then picked up even more with the advent of agriculture
about 10,000 years ago, the study says.

Pfft.... everyone knows the world is only 6000 years old.

12-11-2007, 03:50 PM	#1
Bronco Bob Tastee Freeze Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 9,464 Adopt-a-Bronco: Champ Bailey	Human Evolution Speeding Up, Study Says John Roach for National Geographic News December 11, 2007 Explosive population growth is driving human evolution to speed up around the world, according to a new study. The pace of change accelerated about 40,000 years ago and then picked up even more with the advent of agriculture about 10,000 years ago, the study says. And while humans are evolving quickly around the world, local cultural and environmental factors are shaping evolution differently on different continents. "We're evolving away from each other. We're getting more and more different," said Henry Harpending, an anthropologist at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City who co-authored the study. For example, in Europe natural selection has favored genes for pigmentation like light skin, blue eyes, and blond hair. Asians also have genes selected for light skin, but they are different from the European ones. "Europeans and Asians are both bleached Africans, but the way they got bleached is different in the two areas," Harpending said. He and colleagues report the finding this week in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The researchers' analysis found that 7 percent of human genes have been undergoing rapid, recent evolution. If humans had always evolved at this rate, the difference between modern humans and chimps should be 160 times greater than it really is. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...evolution.html

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12-11-2007, 04:26 PM	#2
Garcia Bronco Hokie since 1993 Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 45,991 Adopt-a-Bronco: Tom Jackson	It's the KFC man...I am telling you.

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alkemical Guerrilla Ontologist rorrim\|mirror Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Future Posts: 42,695 Adopt-a-Bronco: Prima Materia	NO, not the KFC MAN!?!??!

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Hotrod Self Appointed Expert aka Dortoh Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 25,136 Adopt-a-Bronco: Miss I	Im pretty much proof this theory is correct

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Bronco_Beerslug Angling in the Deep Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Texas Riviera, Southern Mountains Posts: 24,281	I think we are regressing.

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orangenblue2 High-Priced Free Agent It's a Miracle!!! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Reality Posts: 566	This whole thread is BS. Evolution and/or Natural Selection is just a "theory" cooked up by satan to deceive humans...