Humans are mutating

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The study involved gene sequencing carried out on 6,500 Americans of both African and European heritage. Some 73 per cent of the rare (occurring in less than 0.1 per cent of the sample) variations had occurred during the last 5,000 years.

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Unfortunately a mutation is more likely to present a problem than an enhancement, and the human race in general is particularly full of them lately because of our massive population explosion over the last 5,000-odd years. Mutations are introduced in each new child (particularly if he or she has an older dad), so populations expanding fast from a small base naturally create more of them.

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So humanity is especially riddled with mutants (or mutier-than-normal people: everyone carries at least some mutations compared to their parents), and set to get more so. This could mean health problems - but it could also mean the future appearance of people who are truly unusual in a good (or very strange) way.

Dawn of the X-Men? MUTANTS swarm AMONG US, say geneticists ? The Register

The x-men are coming :biggrin1:

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5,000-Odd years.

I knew Odd was old, but.......

;)

Maybe a politician will evolve with some common sense.

So when do I get my Adamantium skeleton and claws?

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Humans are mutating

Shit, you could drive around my city for a couple of minutes and see that.