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cachukis

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8. Wow. Hadn't thought about that one. May be
Tue Nov 14, 2023, 09:32 AM
Nov 2023

a trait of the future.
We are constantly mutating on a microscopic level. When those mutations take hold and work, they get passed on. When they don't, other complications arise.
There are studies on pubic lice that reveal a connection to great apes. I remember reading how studying those genes were indicators of when humankind started to become less hairy.

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