Study shows humans are evolving faster than previously thought
Humans are evolving more rapidly than previously thought, according to the largest ever genetics study of a single population.
Scientists reached the conclusion after showing that almost every man alive can trace his origins to one common male ancestor who lived about 250,000 years ago. The discovery that so-called genetic Adam, lived about 100,000 years more recently than previously understood suggests that humans must have been genetically diverging at a more rapid rate than thought.
Kári Stefánsson, of the company deCODE Genetics and senior author of the study, said: It means we have evolved faster than we thought.
The study also shows that the most recent common male ancestor was alive at around the same time as mitochondrial Eve - the last woman to whom all females alive today can trace their mitochondrial DNA.
http://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/mar/25/study-shows-humans-are-evolving-faster-than-previously-thought
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)bemildred
(90,061 posts)RKP5637
(67,112 posts)Atman
(31,464 posts)They're de-volving.
packman
(16,296 posts)Just think about it - if that guy 250,000 years ago hadn't shaved and worn his best loin cloth that morning when he met his significant other, the human race would never got off the ground. Cats would rule- wait, they do. Damn.
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)The rest is history.