With the intelligent design nonsense discussion going on, some good news. Maybe they need some more ASPM ?
The size and complexity of the human brain sets us apart from other creatures. Now results published in the current issue of the journal Science suggest that the evolution of our gray matter is ongoing.
The research, led by Bruce T. Lahn of the University of Chicago, focused on two genes called microcephalin and ASPM
[...] They found that for both genes, one variant occurred much more frequently than would be expected by chance, suggesting that natural selection is at work. The microcephalin variant arose about 37,000 years ago; the ASPM one just 5,800 years ago, the team reports.
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