It makes sense that genetic changes are occurring all the time so why dispute that it is going on with the brain? But evolution implies a survival criteria. What could it be in this case? There has to be something evident to mating pairs that makes the new version more appealing.
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Originally Posted by damocles
http://www.hhmi.org/research/investigators/lahn.html
The gist of the research is that two genetic markers; that Doctor Bruce T. Lahn has time dated indicated that some genetic changes occured in humans' brains about the same time that cities and written language show up in the human archaeological footprint.
The two candidates are;
I expect that this hypothesis will be the subject of considerable controversy.
http://www.hhmi.org/news/lahn4.html
As based on the above articles: the hypothesis, the investigative techniques used to investigate it and the observed conclusions from the research I expect to come under quite severe peer review.
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