http://www.gnxp.com/new/2008/10/29/disease-driven-human-evolution/ Genetics Tue, 03 Apr 2018 05:20:42 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.27 http://www.gnxp.com/new/2008/10/29/disease-driven-human-evolution/#comment-28792 Fri, 31 Oct 2008 06:36:00 +0000 #comment-28792 Of course, when we find a way to suppress the rhinoviruses the side effects may be surprising. See “Hyperpilosity” by L. Sprague de Camp.

]]> http://www.gnxp.com/new/2008/10/29/disease-driven-human-evolution/#comment-28793 Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:48:34 +0000 #comment-28793 Reading Laurie Garrett’s “The Coming Plague” in 1995 convinced me that infectious agents (virus, bacteria, etc.) are the driving mechanism of evolution.

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