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To: GunRunner

404, dude.


111 posted on 08/31/2011 11:22:13 PM PDT by papertyger
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To: papertyger
Are you sure? Tested the link again and it works.

Headline and first four paragraphs:

Leading geneticist Steve Jones says human evolution is over

Julia Belluz

Human evolution is grinding to a halt because of a shortage of older fathers in the West, according to a leading genetics expert.

Fathers over the age of 35 are more likely to pass on mutations, according to Professor Steve Jones, of University College London.

Speaking today at a UCL lecture entitled “Human evolution is over” Professor Jones will argue that there were three components to evolution – natural selection, mutation and random change. “Quite unexpectedly, we have dropped the human mutation rate because of a change in reproductive patterns,” Professor Jones told The Times.

“Human social change often changes our genetic future,” he said, citing marriage patterns and contraception as examples. Although chemicals and radioactive pollution could alter genetics, one of the most important mutation triggers is advanced age in men.

113 posted on 08/31/2011 11:26:52 PM PDT by GunRunner (***Not associated with any criminal actions by the ATF***)
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