| The study on human evolution has shown that we are evolving at a much faster rate than at any time in history. Natural selection has accelerated and in a few generations we might develop a resistance to diabetes and malaria. Moreover, people from different parts of th world are becoming more different instead of becoming more alike. 270 DNA's from people around the world were examined.There are more than two dozen genetic changes linked to malaria resistance, including an entirely new blood type known as the Duffy blood type. Another recently discovered gene, CCR5, originated about 4,000 years
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| A response to the similarities between many office working conditions and battery farmed hens. via alexwoolleydesign
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| Possible changes in human's body and temperament + illustrative example of all these changes.Pollutionman is a composite of hypothetical mutations man will have to go through if he is to survive in an increasingly polluted world.However, scientists predict that long before his body can undergo the physical changes man will have perished from the earth. Eyes. To
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| Ethiopian scientists said they have discovered hominid fossil fragments dating from between 3.5 million and 3.8 million years ago in what could fill a crucial gap in the understanding of human evolution.The find included several complete jaws and one partial skeleton and were unearthed in the Afar desert at Woranso-Mille, near where the famous fossil skeleton known as Lucy was found in 1974.Researchers say the area, about 140 miles northeast of Addis, boasts the most continuous record of human evolution."Ethiopia is known to the world as the cradle of humankind."Via CNN
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| An ethical code to prevent humans abusing robots and vice versa is being composed in South Korea.The Robot Ethics Charter will cover standards for users and manufacturers and will be released by the end of 2007.Futurists and sci fi writer with the total number of five people put together a team of experts will develop these standards. "The government plans to set ethical guidelines concerning the roles and functions of robots as robots are expected to develop strong intelligence in the near future," the ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy said.
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| According to an analysis of dozens of studies, antioxidant vitamins don't lead to a longer life.The large review of separate studies on thousands of people found no long-life benefit from vitamins A, E and C and beta carotene and selenium.However, some experts said it's too early to toss out all vitamin pills, or the possibility that they may have some health benefits. Others said the study supports the theory that antioxidants work best when they are consumed in food rather than pills.
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| Somewhere in Russia there lives a man, which finds homeless and injured dogs, treats them and leaves in his country house to live beside him.. Some of them are just wronged by life..some are invalids. Beaten, crippled, half-dead, they appear here, are cured, and stay.. He knows every dog by name, remembers how each ot them appeared in his house, under what circumstances. Now he has 44 dogs.. Dogs are everywhere in his house- laying on the floor, on sofas, playing with each other, follow you, some of them, actually who's not afraid of people.. allow to stroke themselve, talk to them..
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