The genomic
analyses also showed that humans and chimps appear to have
accumulated more potentially deleterious mutations in their genomes
over the
course of evolution than rodents.
While such
mutations can cause diseases that may erode a species' overall
fitness, they may have also made primates more adaptable to rapid
environmental
changes and enabled them to achieve unique evolutionary adaptations,
the
researchers said.
More than 50
genes present in the human genome are
missing or partially deleted from the chimp genome.
Three key genes
involved in inflammation appear to be deleted in the chimp
genome, possibly explaining some of the known differences between
chimps and
humans in respect to immune and inflammatory response.
On the other
hand, humans appear to have lost the function of the
caspase-12 gene, which produces an enzyme that may help protect animals
against
Alzheimer's disease.
The researchers
also scanned the entire human genome for deviations from
normal mutation patterns. Such deviations may reveal regions of
"selective
sweeps," which occur when a mutation arises in a population and is so
advantageous that it spreads throughout the population within a few
hundred
generations and eventually becomes normal.
ALTERNATE FUTURE
Why is it the more developed a country one lives in, the more
pessimistic he tends to feel about the future? Although the
developing countries still feel very optimistic about their futures,
their futures are just the present of the developed countries. In
short, as time goes on, the outlook on our future will get
dimmer. It is safe to predict that we will eventually have no
future to look forward to, if we keep going down the
present course. An alternative future could be achieved by
reverting back to the Eastern approach of breeding a better future
generations of human beings.
Maddog Hitler's failure in his breeding of a master race only
demonstrated the desperate nature of the present West-dominated world,
of which he is
the role model. All the wannabe cronies that come afterwards have
not been successful in discreditting him or wiping out his beliefs,
but, instead,
have strived to outdo him. But he did succeeded in giving
breeding a bad name. Are we going to let him ruin the one chance
we still have to look forward to a viable future?
Human development has two major stages. The first is evolution
and the second, avolution. In evolution, we genetically
transformed from monkey to prehumans. And in first stage of
avolution we
develope the human id-genes that allow us to assert ourselves as a
full-fledged independent human being, rather than the prehuman that
depends on higher authority, such as God, to ward off his fear and
insecurity.
Avolution is a process of approach our final
form. Its second stage has to be the eternal-life gene, where the
generation-lineage psyche becomes so strong that the transition from
one
generation to another becomes as tangible as it's transparent.
The parents will feel
the children are an integral part of themselves that will live on as if
they
themselves would have done so. No one would really die.
The third and final stage of avolution is the manifestation of universe
continuum. The human species recycles itself by passing down and
beginning a new cycle
again, with all the nature's refinements. This conceivably could
be a
brand new design of a new and improved human-centered ecosystem or a
transplanting to a remote planet, most plausibly in the forms of
DNA. This requires development of a strong species-lineage gene
that makes the perception of universe continuum real.
During the avolution stage, we breed and inbreed ourselves.
Although this could cause undesirable genetic defects,
the other side of the coin is the miracle in stored in combining the
pure,
but recessive,
genes. From observation of people of pure racial traits, a strong
indication is that these genes contain the magic of humanity.
This is not just a trade-off, but a fulfillment of the
purpose for which we exist. As human, we are here to achieve full
humanity. This is possible only through a
mutual feedback and reinforcement between genetic codings and
culture.
So, the root problem with today's world may be genetic. We may
have to come up with some
avolution quotient(AQ) to measure how much a person has avolved to be a
full human. A god-fearing
prehuman should still be judged by EQ(evolution quotient), or even the
meaningless IQ, to measure
how much animal is still left in him.
What minimally can be expected in the-not-too-distance future is that
machines would replace our muscle power and computer, our
brain
power. Humans will be left with the task of unveiling the fascination
that
the human experience has been designed for. Breeding would
naturally take
us to our designated final human form by virtue of the inevitable fact
that ours has to be an auto-self-improving
design.
The challenge facing us now is to reverse the humanity-damning
direction of the world. We need to back up to an earlier and
modest time from which a purposeful future could continue to fall into
place
naturally.