ANTH 110 Lecture Notes - Weaning, Chromosome, Lactose Intolerance
30 Sep 2013
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Genetically humans have not had fundamental changes for over hundred thousands of years when anatomically modern humans emerged. Up until 10,000 years ago, our ancestors were foraging (hunting and gathering) for survival. *remember from previous notes there are only 5 foragers left. With the advent of agriculture and the domestication of animals, human populations began to suffer from diseases of civilization which include: Obesity (not a surprise in todays society!) Human genetics: genetics research and the resulting potential medical advances constitute a revolution sweeping the study of humans both modern and ancient populations. Human genome project was an effort coordinated by the u. s. department of energy and the national. The modern human is polymorphic which means the species gene pool has alternative forms or alleles for particular genes. Alleles: alternative forms of the same gene. Eye color: a polymorphic trait: the once-held view that blue eye color is a simple recessive is wrong.
