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eppur_se_muova

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Sat Sep 1, 2012, 12:51 AM Sep 2012

Anatomical clues to human evolution from fish (BBC)

By Dr Michael Mosley

BBC

It may seem strange that humans have evolved from fish, but the evidence can be found not just in fossils but also within our own bodies.

Your face is your most expressive feature; it tells the world what you are feeling, who you are and where you come from. Although no two faces are exactly the same, they share a number of common characteristics; a couple of eyes, a nose, a mouth and a philtrum.

The philtrum is the groove on your top lip that lies just beneath your nose. You see it every day in the mirror so you probably never think about it

It has no obvious function. Instead it is an accident of our origins, a clue to our fishy past and how our faces first formed.

Your face is formed in the womb in the first couple of months of life, from when you were the size of a grain of rice to when you were the size of a kidney bean.
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more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13278255




And if you don't believe in evolution, should you be allowed to become a doctor ?

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Anatomical clues to human evolution from fish (BBC) (Original Post) eppur_se_muova Sep 2012 OP
This is the old hypothesis of "ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny". Sinistrous Sep 2012 #1
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