Re: We are still evolving!

r norman <r_s_norman@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

 First, to show that our species is undergoing significant
genetic change one could look at modern humans and
do exactly the kind of calculation the authors of this
paper have done.

Using ______ as a control group.

Relax. No living being can fill in that blank, and there lies
the problem.

 You do NOT have to directly compare modern humans
with humans of 250,000 years ago.

You're right. Because nobody is disputing that there have
been changes in the last quarter to a million years.

However, if you want to claim that changes are accumulating
faster NOW than they were THEN, you need both the data
from 250,000 years ago as well as the earlier population
which you are comparing THEM to.



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