Courtesy of smithsonian.com
I’m going to start traipsing through my Pocket favorites list, now that I finally have this site up and running. First up is a great (old) article at smithsonian.com that details some of the more.. awkward consequences of our evolution.
The Top Ten Daily Consequences of Having Evolved
I think my personal favorite is that hiccups are a throwback to our water-dwelling ancestors. I could probably turn more than a few heads by yelling “I don’t have gills anymore!” at myself between hiccups.
These little evolutionary mishaps are a great argument against creationism. Why would a god create us with these flaws that have such obvious evolutionary explanations?
There’s also a great video with Richard Dawkins that helps explain the concept that evolution not only produces beauty and elegance, but it is also a remarkably imperfect mechanism:
If you’re hungry for more, check out this great NOVA episode that covers a lot about evolution: What Darwin Never Knew
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