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Wednesday, 12 December 2007 |
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Human evolution is 'speeding up'
'Humans have moved into the evolutionary fast lane and are becoming increasingly different, a genetic study suggests.
In the past 5,000 years, genetic change has occurred at a rate roughly 100 times higher than any other period, say scientists in the US.
This is in contrast with the widely-held belief that recent human evolution has halted.'
'What made them think that evolution had halted, y'all ...'
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