Scientists Show We've Been Losing Face For 10,000 Years

The Times (UK) ^ | 11-20-2005 | Jonathan Leake

[blam]

GGG Ping.

[frankiep]

"Scientists Show We've Been Losing Face For 10,000 Years"

Does this mean that John Kerry is less advanced than normal humanoids?

[Neanderthal]

"He said: “Many men then would have had the shape of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s head while women might have looked more like Camilla [the Duchess of Cornwall]."

This should amuse Camilla. LOL.

[hang 'em]

Facial shrinking is not all bad!

[sourcery]

Evolution deniers will have rather long faces after reading this...

[ValerieUSA]

He has to use political figures as examples? How lame.

[asp1]

Well, I don't know about this. I was just looking at a picture of Hillary and Ellen Degeneres standing together. Hilary's head and face are enormous compared to Ellen's. :0)

[johnny7]

Inbreeding will do that.

[Mamzelle]

Softer food makes faces grow smaller! LOL! Someone give that PhD a grant so he'll shut up! Maybe he'll grow a face without a mouth...

If you cut the tail off a mouse, will his offspring be without tails?

If the facial type is selected for, like selecting for short legs in Bassett Hounds--it's not because the food is closer to the ground...sheesh....

[Fiddlstix]

BTTT

[peyton randolph]

The shrinkage has been blamed for a surge in dental problems caused by crooked or overlapping teeth.

The Brits will say anything to explain those teeth. I can't wait for the excuse for their horrible glasses.

 

[Mamzelle]

What does GGG stand for? My first thought would be Gravytrain Grant Grubber.

[RightWhale]

This is not evidence of evolution. Is it? If, it is, some people are going to be somewhat disappointed.

[ValerieUSA]

The way a baby lies down or sleeps sitting up also has an influence on head shape. Perhaps babies are sleeping in different positions and on different surfaces than they did 9,000 years ago.

People with more refined favial features may be more attractive to the opposite sex and therefore more successful breeders. That's not evolution.

[GSlob]

And you doubted it???

[ValerieUSA]

favial = facial

[martin_fierro]

More prophetic than they knew.

[SmoothTalker]

"People with more refined favial features may be more attractive to the opposite sex and therefore more successful breeders. That's not evolution."

I don't buy everything about evolution personally, but you just gave a text book definition of the theory.

[ValerieUSA]

The skulls of ancient NW native Americans show worn down teeth from the sand in their shellfish diets. The teeth of these people did not not harden through the generations in response to their food. This author draws some bizarre conclusions from the data.