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Gene MYH16: A Tasty New Jawbreaker

Posted by michael on from the chew-then-swallow dept.

kid_wonder writes "Jeremy Roenick take heart! Glass Joe take heart! Scientists discovered that humans owe their big brains to a single genetic mutation that weakened our jaw muscles about 2.4 million years ago. So I guess now we can call all those dopey muscle bound guys 'apes' with a clear conscience."

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  1. Can you feel the tension? by azbot · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Well looks like you chalk one more up for evolution... And now God's chances of existing are more than 50%. I wonder which is going to win...