Human genome reveals signs of recent evolution

show me your proof of evolution and I'll show you proof that George Bush is the best president to date.

Benji boy,

and I do stress boy, because you lack the knowledge to back up your belief with anything. Ironically,that sounds like "faith" a bit.

You seem to be constricted by the one sided way your 4th grade textbook only presents things.

Your responses prove that you were left out of evolution.

OK, even if evolution and the big bang were proven wrong, that wouldn't in any logical way prove that God exists. That's a huge jump that doesn't make any sense.

You're post is funny because you accuse evolution zealots of being labelers when you yourself just labeled all of them, lol.

Don't confuse science with religion. You should be able to maintain your own spirituality while thinking critically about the universe.

where can one find this proof?

You show me proof of evolution and I'll show you proof that you're not a moron.

so true... i can't even imagine what people will be like in a million years (if we're lucky enough to still be around)

No it does not in human evolution it olny change about once in 10-20 cylce.

Mutation happens near constantly in every individual.

It does not apply to anyone who lists themselves as republicans or democrats.

Every action has its opposite reaction. Devolution is the opposite reaction to evolution - the McCain crowd belongs to the devolution group.

Increase in height is less due to genes and more due to reaching genetic potential as a result of better diets and lifestyles now.
The Aztecs would have had about the same genetic height potential as we do, but we have better diets.

True, but Aztecs also believed in a blood god, sacrificing human beings to win the god's favor. It could be considered that it's due to better dieting; but then that also makes me wonder about America's obesity rate. They may have had the potential, but they lacked the fundamentals to understand this.

"True, but Aztecs also believed in a blood god, sacrificing human beings to win the god's favor."

Their beliefs have nothing to do with anything. A diet of mainly of corn just doesn't provide the nutrition needed for taller people.

No, it sure doesn't; but that was what they had. Just having the potential doesn't always make a fact. Everybody has a potential for something, but it doesn't mean that the potential in question could actually be achieved. With or without certain factors, that's all it is: potential. The capability does not prove the functionality. They may have been capable, and had the potential, but there's no way to go back and prove or disprove that they could achieve a taller height.

You're misunderstanding: the genetic potential for height hasn't increased much over the last few thousand years. Therefore genes are nothing to do with increased height it is diet.
What does blood god sacrificing have to do with anything at all?!

Wow, came in late on that one did ya? It was merely an indication of where they were in their common knowledge. It wasn't typed to add a platform for everyone to stand on and argue about. How about I edit that out, and you can respond to what else I typed? There are better diets and lifestyles, but do you honestly believe they are being followed by every human being on the planet? I highly doubt it, and that's putting it lightly. Utilizing diet will only go so far, after that it becomes a matter of nature. The possibility does not prove the capability or functionality. All this mess from a simply stated thing. Height was SIMPLY an EXAMPLE, did you even read the entirety of my first statement? I'm guessing no. But, hey, you can make informed arguments, so why bother you to read the ENTIRE statement BEFORE the stupid Aztec thing? Too much to expect I suppose. Oh well.......

What I could never figure out was why couldn't God use evolution? You would think that an omnipotent and omniscient being would use the best methods to serve the purpose

Right????? Why would God create a species(man) that seems to accomodate the lowest common denomination of being? Iguess that's where the saying "you are only as strong as your weakest link" comes from.

I don't get that part, why would God create something so static that it couldn't grow and improve? Isn't it arrogant to think that even if it started out at a lower stage that it never could get to the highest?

Hard to say maybe he did... but all these a**holes who think that they are channels of the lord's word would never tell us the truth because it would eat away at the power they have gained in their lives by pretending to be preachers. And whenever you push for answers you get the old "you just got to have faith" line.

I agree, it is totally arrogant and small-minded to believe that God is great, but not great enough to create such a brilliant process that enables us to adapt to our environment to survive climatic changes. In fact, it's ridiculous to think that God is that simple.

Maybe that's why many Christians DO believe in evolution?

People really need to stop judging people based upon the most extreme groups.

No, unfortunately it is more probable that we will live less.
The huge increase in life expectancy has been due to better diets, exercise, lifestyle etc.
Unfortunately there has been many studies indicating links between benefits of fertility and disadvantages to longevity.
I.e. Children are born with fewer complications and less risk to the mother at a cost of shorter life.
(Note how trees live for thousands of years as they do not give birth or have 'true' sexual reproduction)
More babies = more of these genes passed on = more people who have better mothering/fathering potential but shorter lifespans.
The evility of the X-Y antagonism :(

wannabe,
Couldn't that be rectified by selective breeding? I mean, it's a slippery slope, but, if you were to take two people whose genetic background is free from degenerative diseases, I mean I know you can't be completely free, but if certain people are precluded to procreate, and certain people with better genes and health keep spittin' out babies, then people could live longer, maybe on account of good genes?

both of you provide a very good point, I tend to agree more with Neghie though.

For more information there was a study by Michael R. Rose on fruit flies. Where they prevented them from breeding until much latter stages in life. They're findings where that they could increase the average life span about 3 times what it was before the study.

No, because how would you know how long they are going to live before they've had children?
Unless you're suggesting eugenics?
Anyway, this will not happen. Due to climate change and exponential population growth, it is increasingly liekly that life expectancy will shoot down for a few hundred years while survival of the fittest competes over food (live fast die young increase progeny).
Woe is genome.

i don't think that evolution has stopped or even slowed, in humans evolution is just effecting things other than physical characteristics. the human brain will continue to evolve at a very fast rate. but im no scientists this just seems to make sense because of the amount of dependence our species now has on brain function

that sounds like your wisdom teeth? most people experience pain due to their wisdom teeth, which often start coming in and stopping at random times throughout early adulthood. Maybe people will evolve to the point that their teeth come in earlier and earlier until the wisdom teeth come in with the rest of their teeth in early adolescence?

:p wisdom teeth are molars, this dude said premolars.

Oh yeah you are not alone in this observation. My wisdom were taken out: no more weird pains from having too many teeth in my modern homo Sapien mouth, right? A couple of years later and the pain/ head aches are back, my teeth are doing the same thing that you described and now my jaw does this painful popping sensation if I don't do some cardiovascular exercise for that day. We need an actual Anthropologist to tell us what is going on.