Re: Yet another ID lie - Humans do evolve.


Sla#s wrote:

> 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."
> ....
>
> ....................
> Slatts

Add to this that skin colour and Lactose digestion in adults have also
been shown to evolve.

.

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