Good news: men are evolving faster

[Luthor Rex]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34843925/ns/health-mens_health/

Women may think of men as primitive, but new research indicates that the Y chromosome — the thing that makes a man male — is evolving far faster than the rest of the human genetic code.

A new study comparing the Y chromosomes from humans and chimpanzees, our nearest living relatives, show that they are about 30 percent different. That is far greater than the 2 percent difference between the rest of the human genetic code and that of the chimp's, according to a study appearing online Wednesday in the journal Nature.

 

[Dsnyder]

LOL! I bet a man wrote that article

 

[horaholic]

I remember an article a while back about the y chromosome slowly disappearing.

 

[Luthor Rex]

I remember an article a while back about the y chromosome slowly disappearing.

Science reporting is generally horrible. Even this article resorts to bullsh!t like "more highly evolved" when there is no up/down for evolution.

Just thought it was a fun article and I'd share it.

 

[Just a Shot Away]

I heard this on the radio today. Unfortunately, while FNC reported that the Y chromosome is evolving faster, it does not mean that the male gender is evolving faster. I'm not a geneticist, so this doesn't really make sense to me...but oh well. Take it for what it's worth.