It's a snapshot of human evolution in progress. A genetic mutation protecting against kuru -- a brain disease passed on by eating human brains -- only emerged and spread in the last 200 years.
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Monday, November 23, 2009Gene Change In Cannibals Reveals Evolution In Action
It's a snapshot of human evolution in progress. A genetic mutation protecting against kuru -- a brain disease passed on by eating human brains -- only emerged and spread in the last 200 years.
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