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The Human Mutation
eldavojohn writes "Scientists in China have announced finding the gene that makes us human. The article explains that prior work has shown that humans, as compared with the great apes from which we diverged over 5 million years ago, have a longer form of a protein (type II neuropsin) located in the pre-frontal cortex of the brain. From the article: 'Gene sequencing revealed a mutation specific to humans that triggers a change in the splicing pattern of the neuropsin gene, creating a new splicing site and a longer protein. Introducing this mutation into chimpanzee DNA resulted in the creation of type II neuropsin. "Hence, the human-specific mutation is not only necessary but also sufficient in creating the novel splice form," the authors state.' The team is urging further analysis of the extra 45 amino acids in type II neuropsin since they believe that chain may cause protein structural and functional changes. The research didn't link anything with this protein, simply identifying it as a very distinct difference between us and our closest cousins."
Yeah, everyone knows that the word "created", such as "God created man" means "instantly popped into existence". Like when an artist creates a sculpture. Rome wasn't created in a day. It was created in an instant. Lets just ignore the fact several religious texts like the Popul Vuh out there has proof pointing the other way. Besides, other religions are all run by God-less heathens.
Ginga no Rekshiya Mata Each page.
Chinese Jews?
Hot and Sour Matzah ball soup, anyone?
Generally, bash is superior to python in those environments where python is not installed.
So as creationist Billg would say, "This is the dumbest fucking thing I have ever heard at Microsoft!"
George Bush needs to do everything within his power to keep this technology from Iran! They will leak this tech to terrorists and next thing you know we'll have suicide bombing monkeys swinging through New York! I say preemptive strike! We are in imminent danger from the terrorists monkeys!