Yet another ID lie - Humans do evolve.

Yet another ID lie - Humans do evolve.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-1880301,00.html


The Sunday Times November 20, 2005

"Scientists show we've been losing face for 10,000 years
Jonathan Leake, Science Editor

THE human face is shrinking. Research into people's appearance over the past
10,000 years has found that our ancestors' heads and faces were up to 30%
larger than now.
Changes in diet are thought to be the main cause. The switch to softer,
farmed foods means that jawbones, teeth, skulls and muscles do not need to
be as strong as in the past.

The shrinkage has been blamed for a surge in dental problems caused by
crooked or overlapping teeth.

"Over the past 10,000 years there has been a trend toward rounder skulls
with smaller faces and jaws," said Clark Spencer Larsen, professor of
anthropology at Ohio State University. ...

Charles Loring Brace, professor of anthropology at the University of
Michigan, said: "Human faces are shrinking by 1%-2% every 1,000 years.

"What's more, we are growing less teeth. Ten thousand years ago everyone
grew wisdom teeth but now only half of us get them, and other teeth like the
lateral incisors have become much smaller. This is evolution in action."
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