Jul 192012
Humans have 46 chromosomes. Our primate brethren have 48. How’d that happen? Here’s an explanation:
Blogging the Human Genome
Over the years I’ve seen numerous Creationists yammer on about how the fact that we have 46 and other primates have 48 means that it’s basically impossible that we share a common evolutionary ancestry, that the steps from 48 to 46 are biologically impossible. As it turns out, it’s not only possible and explainable… there’s a family in China with some inbreeding that has produced a guy with *44* chromosomes, and he’s apparently doing just fine.
The secret to speeding up evolution isn’t radiation-based mutation… apparently it’s being a stereotypical hillbilly.