Re: Mitochondrial Mutations May Have Aided Brain Evolution
From: Nick Maclaren (nmm1_at_cus.cam.ac.uk)
Date: 11/29/04
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Date: 29 Nov 2004 13:58:04 GMT
In article <41A80F17.29DA1CFB@hotmMOVEail.com>,
Rich Travsky <" traRvEsky"@hotmMOVEail.com> writes:
|>
|> http://www.nature.com/news/2004/041122/full/041122-5.html
|> Published online: 23 November 2004; | doi:10.1038/news041122-5
|> Energetic cells may have boosted the brain
|> Did rapid mutation of cell powerhouses guide our neural evolution?
|>
|> "Humans are an extreme example of this: they have very large brains and a
|> high quality, energy-dense diet," he says.
|> ...
Well, a quick look at the paper indicated that the anomalous period
was during the evolution of the apes - what little I could see
that distinguished humans from the great apes showed no evidence
for accelerated change.
I am unimpressed with that last quote.
Regards,
Nick Maclaren.
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