Soon, the Human Male will Die Out.
Stolen from Penny, but I thought it was really interesting:"As I'm sure you know, human gender is defined by two genes the "X" (female) and "Y" (male). Females have "XX" and men have "XY". Right? Okay, here's where it gets interesting...Y'see, the "X" gene contains approximately 1500 strands of DNA and the "Y" gene contains (are you ready for this?) 78. Yep, just 78. Apparently the genes used to be the same size, but it seems that the male gene is having a shrinkage problem and will continue to do so until it's gone.Scientists have hypothesized that relatively soon (on the evolutionary timeline, that is) there will be no more male humans. They figure this could happen as soon as 125,000 years from now. I know, I know, this has nothing to do with us and ya gotta wonder if there will be a world left in 125,000 years, but I know all the women out there are snickering and thinking, "Who's the weaker sex? Huh? HUH?"All that girl-on-girl sex going on and no guys to buy the videos."
posted by Jen @ 8/12/2005 01:42:00 PM
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