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Originally Posted by Frank Lee
I enjoyed how the WSJ piece glossed over the mutations of things non-human.  |
Would you care to explain what exactly is wrong with mutations?
Before you get too deep, consider that mutation is part of what drives evolution, and that without it Darwin's "endless forms most beautiful" would have stuck at their simple beginning.
Mutation is another of those scare words, like radiation, used to jerk the strings of those who derive their understanding of science from '60s B movies about giant mutant ants taking over the world.
PS: For the likely majority of readers who derive some or all of their ancestry from Europe, and have blonde, brown, or red hair, guess what? We're all mutants! Light-colored hair (and eyes) derives from a mutation in the MC1R gene that's been dated to about 11,000 years ago:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blond#E..._of_blond_hair