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user posted image rThe sophistication of the human brain is not simply the result of steady evolution, according to new research. Instead, humans are truly privileged animals with brains that have developed in a type of extraordinarily fast evolution that is unique to the species. "Simply put, evolution has been working very hard to produce us humans," said Bruce Lahn, an assistant professor of human genetics at the University of Chicago and an investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. "Our study offers the first genetic evidence that humans occupy a unique position in the tree of life." Professor Lahn's research, published this week in the journal Cell, suggests that humans evolved their cognitive abilities not owing to a few sporadic and accidental genetic mutations - as is the usual way with traits in living things - but rather from an enormous number of mutations in a short period of time, acquired though an intense selection process favouring complex cognitive abilities. Evolutionary biologists generally argue that humans have evolved in much the same way as all other life on Earth. Mutations in genes from one generation to the next sometimes give rise to new adaptations to a creature's environment. Those best adapted to their environment are more likely to survive and pass on their genes to the next generation. The evolution of a large brain in humans, then, can be seen as similar to the process that leads to longer tusks or bigger antlers. In general terms, and after scaling for body size, brains get bigger and more complex as animals get bigger.

But with humans, the relative size of the brain does not fit the trend - our brains are disproportionately big, much bigger even than the brains of other non-human primates, including our closest relatives, chimpanzees. Prof Lahn's team examined the DNA of 214 genes involved in brain development in humans, macaques, rats and mice. By comparing mutations that had no effect on the function of the genes with those mutations that did, they came up with a measure of the pressure of natural selection on those genes. The scientists found that the human brain's genes had gone through an intense amount of evolution in a short amount of time - a process that far outstripped the evolution of the genes of other animals.

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Hotoke
yes our heads will be bigger
whoa182
Our heads get bigger and they become less efficient.
Loge
QUOTE(whoa182 @ Dec 30 2004, 10:49 AM)
Our heads get bigger and they become less efficient.
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True, Indeed!

“The human being enters the maternal womb as a mere germinating seed to develop and evolve. After ninth months, the same seed comes into existence already more developed, but still not completely developed.

“During the first seven years of childhood, we live under the lunar influence. We then enjoy the happiness of the home, unless some negative Karma can harm these first years of our life. Yet, the seed is still not completely developed; it is still in the process of development or evolution.

“The fact that a germinating seed has been born, that a child came into existence somewhat more developed, does not mean that this seed, this child, has finished its development or physical evolution.

“During the first seven years of our existence, there becomes manifested in our organism, in the males, the first testicular layer that permits them to exist, and as to females, their ovaries produce certain cells, certain principles that vitally sustain them.

“Later, that seed, continuing its process of development enters under the influence of Mercury. Then the child goes to school, studies, learns, plays, etc. The child can no longer remain at home all times. Mercury moves him, agitates him, and makes him restless. The second testicular layer produces in the male determinant cells that come to specify and to completely define his sex. Female’s ovaries produce certain cells, certain principles that come to specify and to completely define her sex.

“In our development, between fourteen and twenty-one years of age we pass under the influence of Venus. It is stated that this is the age of falling in love. Men and women begin to experience sexual restlessness because the sexual glands become activated. The third testicular zone in the male develops and produces sperms, but the latter are still not sufficiently mature, because the male, who is between fourteen and twenty-one years of age has not completed his process of development or physical evolution. The seed has not concluded its process of development.

“Therefore, it is very serious that such a seed, that has not finished its natural process of development, enter into the field of sexual commerce. Undoubtedly, sexual intercourse is not advisable for such seeds that have not yet completed their development or physical evolution.

“It is not proper for a male who is undergoing his second infancy or adolescence, to copulate. It is obvious that copulation between seeds (teenagers) who have not completed their development, or in other words, by teenagers or adolescents, undoubtedly, irrefutably, seriously damages their physical brain and mental health.

“These damages, if not felt during youth, are felt during old age. This is how and why it is normal today for any man to begin losing his virility between the ages of forty and fifty years old. Why? Because of the sexual abuse in adolescence and during their second childhood.
“The first childhood is from birth to the age of seven and the second childhood is between seven and fourteen years of age.

“Unfortunately, although it is pitiful to realize it, nowadays many children of twelve and thirteen years of age are already copulating. Moreover, those who are not yet copulating commit the crime of masturbation. They eliminate their hormones, degenerate their brains, and atrophy their pineal gland through masturbation. This is how they become sure candidates for a mental home.

“It is well known that after coitus, the phallus continues with certain peristaltic movements, conducive to receiving vital energies from the feminine uterus in an attempt to replace its wasted creative principles.

“However, when masturbation exists, instead of assimilating vital feminine energies with such peristaltic movements, useful principles for existence, the masturbator absorbs cold air, which passes directly to the brain. The outcome of this is idiocy, mental degeneration or insanity.
“The vice of masturbation is, unfortunately, also very popular among the feminine sex. Obviously, with such a vice, many women that could have been genial or good wives, have prematurely become degenerated, have aged quickly, have lost their sexual potential, and have become true victims of life.

“Therefore, it is important to know all these aspects of sex, it is important to know what sex is.

“For adolescents to have sex is absurd, because they are mere seeds which have not yet completed their development.

“Development in itself and by itself, concludes at the age of twenty-one. That is when adulthood really begins, the responsible age as it has already been called.
“It is between twenty-one and forty-two years of age that we have to conquer our place under the Sun. Our vocation, whatever we are to be, remains forever decided.

“Unfortunately, those who have reached adulthood, ordinarily, have not had a specific sexual orientation. They have squandered their hormone capital, wasted their virile potency without having completed their development as seeds that one day entered the maternal womb. Thus, on arriving at the age of twenty-one, discover that they have very weak mental strength.

“Obviously, the pineal gland and the sexual glands are intimately related. So, mental strength, mental force is radiated by the pineal gland. Yet, when this gland has been weakened by sexual abuses, then the outcome is that we are at a very disadvantageous position in trying to conquer our place under the Sun.

“Consequently, when we are not capable to radiate our psychic waves with force due to the weakness of the pineal gland, located in the upper part of our brain, we fail professionally, or the labor for our daily bread becomes more difficult. Our business fails and those people, with whom we should establish commercial ties do not feel our drive, cancel their business with us and we are then hardly able to obtain our daily bread.

“If the seed was to develop without interventions of any kind, if the seed was to evolve without interference of any sort, if sexual abuses did not exist, on becoming twenty-one years old, we would possess an extraordinarily energetic potential and we would conquer our little place under the Sun with great success.

“It is good to know that many millions of inhabitants, many millions of people are struggling to exist. There exist many millions of illiterate people who are people suffering hunger and misery. One could protest against the government or governments and would solve nothing with such protests, because indeed, we should not blame others for our bad situation. We are the only ones responsible for our bad economical situation. We always blamed the different political or economical systems, always accuse the president or presidents of the countries and that is absurd because we alone are the creators of our own destiny.

“It is obvious that if we begin the struggle for life with weakness, if we do not possess the potent psychic-mental-erotic forces as to be able to carve out our niche in life, we will have to suffer hunger and misery.

“If that seed that one day entered the maternal womb was allowed to harmoniously develop to the age of twenty-one, we would enter the path of life with great success, strong and powerful, full of health and energy. Yet, unfortunately, most of us have been copulating since our second infancy. That seed that once entered the maternal womb has not been allowed to successfully and without interference, continue its processes of development.

“As to the feminine sex, I will state, that woman develops earlier than the male. Because of this, she can certainly marry at a younger age. Yet, for a teenager who is not yet a man, but a seed in the process of development, to marry before twenty-one years of age, to be copulating from the age of fourteen is absurd, criminal and monstrous in the most complete sense of the word”


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Hotoke
Will our heads be so big our bodies cannot carry it?? is it a problem for the future
ROGER
And for thoughs who believe, dinosaurs were large, social,and evolved for hundreds of millions of year. Where their brains superior to ours?

I think the articles findings are based on opinion and bad science.

Besides, everyone knows we were genetically altered by space aliens. grin2.gif
patelvipulk
There is a very nice book Titled "The extrasensory ppotentials of mind" which can be downloaded for free from

http://www.awgp.org/english/books/extra_potentials.pdf

There is also another book Titled:
Astonishing function of Human Brain and Miracles of Mind
which can be downloaded from:
http://www.awgp.org/english/books/books_english.html
EternalFallout
QUOTE(Hotoke @ Dec 30 2004, 11:10 AM)
Will our heads be so big our bodies cannot carry it?? is it a problem for the future
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Studies show that humans are continually becoming taller (and fatter) each year. The human race will eventually become tall & fat enough to handle our ever growing enormous heads. Even though (sadly), less than half of the new 'big-headed' race probably won't be any smarter since it seems more & more ppl believe stupidity is a better way of life. blink.gif
RaginCajun
interesting topic...mutation results in humans having bigger brains inorder to survive. makes sense but i getting the feeling that scientist are also trying to say that many creatures will also get smarter too. it just takes them longer to reach our intelligence.
Hotoke
QUOTE(EternalFallout @ Dec 30 2004, 09:48 PM)
QUOTE(Hotoke @ Dec 30 2004, 11:10 AM)
Will our heads be so big our bodies cannot carry it?? is it a problem for the future
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Studies show that humans are continually becoming taller (and fatter) each year. The human race will eventually become tall & fat enough to handle our ever growing enormous heads. Even though (sadly), less than half of the new 'big-headed' race probably won't be any smarter since it seems more & more ppl believe stupidity is a better way of life. blink.gif
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true true. i predict a world full of fat people just like peter from family guy and homer simpson
AztecInca
We seem to be a little too priviliged if you get my drift........
Wings of Selkhet
Tall and fat. That's the life. laugh.gif
Hotoke
technology will adapt to fat people. soon their will be machines that will feed man and get your cold beer out of the frigde. no wait your couch is your fridge and your toilet.

the human brain evolves. so that means humans wont be needing strenght and other abilities wich means our bodies will become less athletic because we no longer rely on our own strenght. we use machines
Kat_Kloud
And in a few million years if and when we still exist, all those others will catch up and we will be the food on their table instead of the other way around.
ROGER
original.gif Possibly We will end up on some things table, but any of my ancestors will clog their arteries and they will die.
New natural law - Survival of the FATTEST. thumbsup.gif
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