Humans are still evolving, and here’s the hard proof

[Mike Wehner]

• Scientists have been monitoring the development of a new evolutionary change in humans.
• More people are being born with an "extra" artery running down their forearms.
• The change is likely to be present in most humans by 2100.

As much as we'd like to believe that we're the end-all, be-all of the natural process of evolution, humans are far from perfect. We're obviously a lot different from our primate ancestors, but our evolutionary march is still happening, and new research reveals an adaptation that is occurring more and more often in newborns, and could be the next major change for the human race.

The research, which was published in the Journal of Anatomy, reveals that an "extra" artery in human arms is becoming more and more common. The researchers suggest that this could be an evolutionary change, showing that our species is still changing ever so slowly.

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