The 10 000 Year Explosion

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The 10 000 Year Explosion
Author : Gregory Cochran
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Publisher : Stranger Journalism
Language : English
Release Date : 18 May 2024
ISBN : 9780465002214
Pages : 303 pages
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Two leading researchers make the controversial argument that the human species is still measurably evolving in important ways--in fact, faster than ever before.

The 10 000 Year Explosion

Two leading researchers make the controversial argument that the human species is still measurably evolving in important ways--in fact, faster than ever before.

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The 10 000 Year Explosion

Resistance to malaria. Blue eyes. Lactose tolerance. What do all of these traits have in common? Every one of them has emerged in the last 10,000 years. Scientists have long believed that the "great leap forward" that occurred some 40,000 to 50,000 years ago in Europe marked end of significant biological evolution in

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