The ability to digest milk into adulthood is a uniquely human phenomenon. It also a bit strange, and affects only 40% of the population. A new theory explains how it probably happened. –3healthymonkeys
Posts Tagged ‘Anthropology’
60% Of Adults Cannot Digest Milk
Posted in General, tagged Anthropology, Diet & Nutrition, Evolution on September 4, 2009 |
‘Women are getting more beautiful’ – Getting the story right
Posted in General, tagged Anthropology, Evolution, Research on August 5, 2009 |
UPDATE with clarifications and corrections to the “Women Are Getting More Beautiful” article from Markus Jokela, the author of the original research article. –3healthymonkeys
Women Are Getting More Beautiful
Posted in General, tagged Anthropology, Evolution on July 29, 2009 |
Women are getting more beautiful, according to scientific research. Men everywhere are ecstatic. –3healthymonkeys
Get Smarter
Posted in General, tagged Anthropology, Evolution, Intelligence on June 26, 2009 |
Why did we develop language, and what does our intelligence mean for the future? –3healthymonkeys
Cancer In Humans: Cost Of Being Smarter Than Chimps?
Posted in General, tagged Anthropology, Cancer, Evolution, Intelligence on June 22, 2009 |
Big brains and intelligence come at a high cost. –3healthymonkeys
Why Humans Alone Have Pubic Hair
Posted in General, tagged Anthropology, Evolution, Love & Sex on May 11, 2009 |
What caused humans, who lost all their body hair, to evolve coarse, prominent, bushy pubic hair? –3healthymonkeys
Why Don’t Women Have Tiny Brains?
Posted in General, tagged Anthropology, Evolution on May 5, 2009 |
This is a serious question. From an evolutionary standpoint, it might make sense for women to devote their cellular efforts to reproduction instead of developing an energy-hogging brain, Ward suggested. Females of plenty of other species make this compromise, so why not humans? The answer is that human females with larger brains had a significant [...]
