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  • little reproductive selection now, natural or cultural

    Another poster made the point that in America, very few children die before they are old enough to reproduce. That is true, of course, of the entire developed world. Mr. S notes the adaptation of humans to diseases like malaria and cholera. No similar selective development to diabetes, as Mr. S suggests, seems likely: the scientific advancement ...
    Posted to Human Nature by jacroega on December 17, 2007
  • Cattle Disease

    Why has the U.S.D.A. not recalled the beef in the US? Bovine disease affects 70% of our cattle, yet, nothing is done to stop it from reaching consumers. Some symptoms are Alzheimer's in adults and ADD in children. I guess a pill will be needed to treat the symptoms instead of the cause. The Egyptian medicine scrolls have been revived by the ...
    Posted to Explainer by DJINNI on October 2, 2007