From Science Daily, 6/24/10: "The evolution of bird bills is related to climate according to latest research by the University of Melbourne, Australia and Brock University, Canada. By examining bill sizes of a diverse range of bird species around the world, researchers have found that birds with larger bills tend to be found in hot environments, whilst birds in colder environments have evolved smaller bills."
Naturally, I began to wonder if the same is true of humans. Long, aquiline noses tend to be stereotypically in northern Africa. The few Nordic people I know do not have large noses. I doubt that is enough sampling to prove any point and I wonder when, if such a premise is true, intermarriage and emigrations have altered genetics so they no longer reflect what was possibly true a few generations ago. I will die of old age before anyone will answer that question for me just as the proof that there is a God or not will be found one way or another long after I am dead and cremated.
Ah! So many unanswered questions but they will all be answered by someone, some day. Many of us just might not be around as our forefathers were not around to see jets fly, robots, microscopic surgery, cameras on our insides, TV, iPhones, computers, and 'original' Cracker Jacks in boxes one third the size for 10 times the price,.with the recipe altered, just to name a very few..
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