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Human Errors
Human Errors: A Panorama of Our Glitches, From Pointless Bones to Broken Genes | Nathan H. Lents
7 posts | 7 read | 1 reading | 5 to read
An illuminating, entertaining tour of the physical imperfections�from faulty knees to junk DNA�that make us human We humans like to think of ourselves as highly evolved creatures. But if we are supposedly evolution�s greatest creation, (…more)
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keithmalek
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keithmalek

Around 6% of males have some form of color blindness. It's not nearly as common in females because the screwed-up genes that lead to colorblindness are almost always recessive and on the X chromosone. Because females have 2 X chromosones, they have a backup if they inherit one bum copy. With 7 billion people on earth, that means at least a quarter of a billion people can't appreciate the same pallet of colors That's almost the entire US population

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JoeMo
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I always thought of the human body as a “beautiful machine.” Oh wow was I ever wrong between all of our junk DNA and useless parts among other things. At least I had a lot of fun while listening to how imperfect we humans really are!

#bookspinbingo
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TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 3y
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Smyers96
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Loving it!

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LauraJ
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My book club chose this for February. I‘m kinda bored by it, however I did just learn that human sperm can‘t make left turns.
#uselesstrivia

Tonton 😆 6y
julesG Now that bit of trivia makes me want to ask follow up questions. 6y
ravenlee I an suddenly torn between NASCAR jokes and can‘t choose one! 6y
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Aimeesue
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On sale today - Science writing in the US Kindle store.
#kindledeals

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rabbitprincess
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A Pick with reservations. The part about the weird physical aspects of the human body worked much better than the part that talked about the weirdness of the brain. If you want a weird brain book, read The Idiot Brain, by Dean Burnett, instead.