Monday, December 10, 2007

Humans Still Evolving, Study Says

This was on the LA Times today.

"By examining more than 3 million variants of DNA in 269 people, researchers identified about 1,800 genes that have been widely adopted in relatively recent times because they offer some evolutionary benefit."
Read more here.

Sex and the Brain

Hat tip to Dimitri who just made me aware of this.

Some researchers suggest that men can have 'women's brains' and that women can think more like men. Read more here.