by SweetBabyCheezits 24 Replies latest jw friends
Good pic SBC.
Compare it also with this picture of a juvenile chimp. Notice how human it looks without the extended muzzle of the adult.
The retention of juvenlie characteristics into adulthood is known as neogeny. It would appear our face is a result of a mutation or series of mutations that caused us to retain the juvinile form of the cranium of our common ancestor.
Do you think he is still waiting for Armageddon too?
hahaha... probably not. He does look a little brighter than your average dub
The flip-side is the same gene that results in a hairless chimp by being turned off is the same gene that can be turned on in humans,
resulting in this (congenital hypertrichosis, AKA Ambras Syndrome):
He needs to wax.
Gene expression means that some genes act as switches that can turn other ones on or off, e.g. growth of fur in primates is expressed by genes that are controlled by others. If a "defect" occurs in a switch, then you see hair being expressed in a species where it normally wouldn't be seen (this girl) OR not seen where it otherwise would be (Jambo, the chimp, resulting in alopecia, hair loss).
Here's the story of one brave little girl with Ambras:
Poor kid ...
Fucking chimps. I hate 'em. Damn them all to hell!
Poor kid ...
Dunno if you read the story, but she's a brave little kid who is really quite beautiful...
Sulla: Fucking chimps. I hate 'em. Damn them all to hell!
Mmmmm... sounds like hearbreak to me. Who was she, buddy?
