moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agoHas the time since the invention of agriculture been long enough for any evolutionary changes to occur, and if so, what are some of those changes?message-squaremessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up1114arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1109arrow-down1message-squareHas the time since the invention of agriculture been long enough for any evolutionary changes to occur, and if so, what are some of those changes?moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square36fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareTolstoshev@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up58·1 year agoDuring the bubonic plague there was a gene mutation that made people less likely to die from the plague, but unfortunately it causes more autoimmune problems: https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2022-10-20/black-death-shaped-immune-system-evolution-autoimmune-disorders/101544092
minus-squareIlovethebomb@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up29·1 year agoKilling a third of the population is a pretty good way to speed up the process, I guess.
During the bubonic plague there was a gene mutation that made people less likely to die from the plague, but unfortunately it causes more autoimmune problems:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2022-10-20/black-death-shaped-immune-system-evolution-autoimmune-disorders/101544092
Killing a third of the population is a pretty good way to speed up the process, I guess.