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Have Humans Come Close To Extinction?

Posted by timothy on from the closer-than-today-that-is dept.

waytoomuchcoffee writes "According to a new study, our virtually identical DNA indicates humans were close to extinction about 70,000 years ago. Another take on the same study tells how being lactose intolerant in adulthood was normal, and being able to digest lactose became a survival advantage after dairy farming was invented."

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  1. What a liability for humans! by 1nv4d3r · · Score: 4, Funny

    So do your part to ensure diversity, and make sweet love with someone genetically different (read: hot) under some power lines near a microwave running with the door open. "For the sake of the species" never made a better pick-up line.

    (Just don't give her your name--she might expect you to help raise your special freak).

  2. advantages by larry+bagina · · Score: 5, Funny
    being able to digest lactose became a survival advantage after dairy farming was invented."

    But being lactose intolerant was an advantage once fart-lighting was invented.

    --
    Do you even lift?

    These aren't the 'roids you're looking for.

  3. invention of dairy farming by alonsoac · · Score: 5, Funny

    being able to digest lactose became a survival advantage after dairy farming was invented.

    So at some point some humans said:

    "Hey lets invent dairy farming!"
    "Hmm, but we're all lactose intolerant..."
    "What the heck, if we take this crap every day we'll eventually mutate and some generations down they will be thanking us."

    Nice long-term thinking there, thanks!

  4. Even better prediction. by Stonent1 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Within the next 50 years, about half of us will be dead!

  5. Actually what they said was... by Inexile2002 · · Score: 4, Funny

    "I dare you to drink that."
    "No, I dare you."
    "Ok, we all dared, so we all drink."

    Then they all got sick except one who not only brained them with a club and sired children with thier wives... After that, he taught his sons how he got all the foxy wives and they went to neighboring villiages...