Bizarre: December 2007 Archives
So the story is that mankind's genes have been changing at a breakneck (historically speaking) pace, and that quite a few useful adaptations have sprung forth - and at least one adaptation of dubious usefulness:
The only advantage of drier ear wax I can come up with is that it is ultimately easier to clean off the ear buds of iPods and Bluetooth headsets. Wonder what that means?
For example, Africans have new genes providing resistance to malaria. In Europeans, there is a gene that makes them better able to digest milk as adults. In Asians, there is a gene that makes ear wax more dry.
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