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anglagard
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Message 5 of 15 (550866)
03-18-2010 11:00 PM
Reply to: Message 1 by IAmMe77777
03-18-2010 5:39 AM


The Fact is Humans Continue to Evolve
IAmMe77777 writes:
For evidence, I offer the fact of Man ceasing to evolve. Yes, that’s right, humans are not evolving. While certain traits have become more prevalent species-wide (ie, height), we have effectively stopped evolving.
Just as previous respondents have pointed out, I must take issue with this statement as it is not true according to the latest research published in peer-reviewed journals.
From: "Are Humans Still Evolving?" By: Balter, Michael, Science, 00368075, 7/8/2005, Vol. 309, Issue 5732.
Here is a chart from the above article showing selective pressures and associated genes showing that humans continue to evolve.
GENE OR GENETIC LOCUS - HYPOTHESIZED SELECTIVE PRESSURE
Lactase - Improved nutrition from milk
G6PD - Protection against malaria
Duffly blood group - Protection against malaria
Hemoglobin C - Protection against malaria
TNFSF5 - Protection against malaria
CCR5 - Protection against smallpox and AIDS
H2 Haplotype - Unknown but only in Europe
DRD4 - Cognition and behavior
MAOA - Cognition and behavior
AGT - Protection against hypertension
CYP3A - Protection against hypertension
TAS2R38 - Bitter taste perception
The article is not available online but can be accessed through any large university or public library.
However this article is available and provides similar, referenced, information:
Human Evolution
Sorry, but since one of your 'facts' is demonstrably false, it casts some doubt upon your conclusions.
Of course if you disagree with this current scientific evidence, you are free to start a new thread concerning any purported lack of ongoing evolution in humans.

The idea of the sacred is quite simply one of the most conservative notions in any culture, because it seeks to turn other ideas - uncertainty, progress, change - into crimes.
Salman Rushdie
This rudderless world is not shaped by vague metaphysical forces. It is not God who kills the children. Not fate that butchers them or destiny that feeds them to the dogs. It’s us. Only us. - the character Rorschach in Watchmen

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