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What are some "evolutionary mishaps" in humans?
There is a huge number of what you are asking about, commonly referred as evolutionary baggage or evolutionary holdovers and come in a wide variety of severities.
You breath and eat using the same ...
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Why aren't superbugs weaker than their wild type?
(This answer is related to my answer on Bacteria resistance to natural antibiotics on the Biology SE)
First of all: When it comes to evolution, Biology doesn't talk of 'strong' and 'weak' , it talks ...
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Could COVID-19 be less "dangerous" by the pass of the time?
Changes in the virulence of the SARS-CoV-2 will be driven by evolutionary pressure. We know so far that the virus is mutating slowly
The COVID-19 virus does not mutate very fast. It does so eight ...
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What is the tailbone for?
According to an online article [See Reference], “The tailbone derived its name because some people believe it is a ‘leftover’ part from human evolution, though the notion that the tailbone serves no ...
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Why aren't superbugs weaker than their wild type?
In short, because mutations are not defined as specific.
A mutation of any bacteria could be mutation that could be weak or strong.
Weak & Strong would be quantified by our technology, ...
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