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Adventures in Very Recent Evolution

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Wade , Nicholas . 2010 . Adventures in Very Recent Evolution . The New York Times , June , 19 ,

p Article Summary

Geneticist is currently working on the human genomes to identify difference genes that are available for selection between the Africans the Asians and the European . Buoyed by the recent evolution evidence in China and Tibet , the article explains that populations living in Africa where life is believed to have been seeded have fewer genes up for selections than their European and Asian counterparts . The explanation

br is that those who moved away from Africa might have acquired new genes as they adapted to the new environment . Geneticists believed that evolution is a continuous process and never cease as human continue to interact with different environments , and diets forcing them to acquire new genes which subsequently participates in natural selection . This would lead to differential skin colors , hair , sense of smell and many other adaptive features

Anthropological Relevance

The common theme in this article is acquisition of new genes and their role in natural selection . The new genes that are acquired are very important in adaptation which is a very important concept in ecological anthropology . The main theme however is the role of environment in human adaptation and survival . Genetic anthropologists have always relied on the Darwinian evolution theory to understand adaptation and natural selection in human development . Environment which is an integral part of evolution and ecological anthropology is quite exhausted in this article

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