Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

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."

4 of 71 comments (clear)

  1. Good news for Louisiana by bugnuts · · Score: 2, Funny

    Slack-jawed yokels have bigger brains!

  2. All those jaw muscles... by Mr.+Darl+McBride · · Score: 1, Funny

    Once again, this just goes to show that the guys who never tire of talking are the ones who have the least to say.

  3. Re:Actually, no. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    On that note, were you aware that Harvard is the nations largest Div I athletics program ... Looks like some of those geeky kids up in Boston do a little bit more than study.

    You played D1 football? Except for their hockey team (which is genuinely really good), I assure you that you could stuff any of their jocks into a locker.

  4. Re:Silly protozoa! by drinkypoo · · Score: 2, Funny

    Does a single mutation take you from a chimp to a reality show contestant in one jump?

    Arguably, you don't need to have any mutation to go from one to the other. The two are generally freely interchangable.

    Especially on Fox.

    --
    "You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"