Another reason to buy Pepsi...

PostRe: Another reason to buy Pepsi... by **Atreyu** » Sun Feb 19, 2012 9:32 am

Shadow wrote:
Alvin Flummux wrote:If you gave a human from back then the same education, upbringing and diet modern folks have, would he or she not be indistinguishable from you or I?

Well we can't know, can we? But it's a fascinating question

As to the question: well, we can have a damn good guess. If a human from 40,000 years ago has the same genes as us (and that's where the science points), then we can also assume that a baby born 40,000 years ago would look just like a baby born today. It would have the same genes and develop into a normal child and a normal adult for either era.

The important point is that a baby born today carry genes that prepare it for the life of a hunter-gatherer, which is the occupation of every human that ever lived until the advent of agriculture 10,000 years ago. That's what our blueprint is 'for.' In that era coming across a concentrated source of sugar was a rare event and was a powerhouse store of useful energy -- we're not built for three drinks of sugared water a day and the regular massive spikes in glucose that ensue.

PostRe: Another reason to buy Pepsi... by **Igor** » Sun Feb 19, 2012 10:03 am

Turboman wrote:The fact is, we are were we are because we have behaved how we have behaved. To some degree, no matter how minuscule, we have evolved. Forget potential to evolve, because you can trace that as far back as you want.
Height may be largely due to nutrition, but it's a biological distinction between now and 40000 years ago. To say we are identical biologically is wrong.

You seem to be confused about the difference between genotypes and phenotypes. Phenotypically, sure, you might be a little different from the modern humans that emerged some 200,000 years ago. Genotypically, you're the same. You're certainly the same as the humans that were around during the time of behavioural modernity about 50k years ago.

To say that changes in average height and muscular development is evidence of significant change in our species is just wrong. Bodybuilders display extreme differences in muscular development compared to average individuals. Are they evolving in a different direction to the rest of us?

PostRe: Another reason to buy Pepsi... by **SEP** » Sun Feb 19, 2012 12:48 pm

Atreyu wrote:It's not clear from your post whether you also think that sugared drinks are just fine for modern humans, but if you have a justification based in science for that as well then I'd love to hear it.

I don't care for sugared drinks, but I refuse to believe that humans today are identical to humans before the stone age.

PostAnother reason to buy Pepsi... by **Atreyu** » Sun Feb 19, 2012 2:00 pm

Somebody Else's Problem wrote:
Atreyu wrote:It's not clear from your post whether you also think that sugared drinks are just fine for modern humans, but if you have a justification based in science for that as well then I'd love to hear it.

I don't care for sugared drinks, but I refuse to believe that humans today are identical to humans before the stone age.

Would Sir care to quantify his disbelief, in the manner requested of Sir in the part of the post that Sir decided not to quote?

PostRe: Another reason to buy Pepsi... by **SEP** » Sun Feb 19, 2012 2:22 pm

Atreyu wrote:
Somebody Else's Problem wrote:
Atreyu wrote:It's not clear from your post whether you also think that sugared drinks are just fine for modern humans, but if you have a justification based in science for that as well then I'd love to hear it.

I don't care for sugared drinks, but I refuse to believe that humans today are identical to humans before the stone age.

Would Sir care to quantify his disbelief, in the manner requested of Sir in the part of the post that Sir decided not to quote?

Well no, I'm not a geneticist. And I don't think there'll be adequate DNA evidence from 40,000 years ago to make such a comparison in the first place.

I've read that lactose tolerance developed within the last 10,000 years or so.

What exactly is your problem with drinks like this, Ateyu? Calories and glycemic index?

Not such a big deal, when dealt with in moderation.

Harry Bizzle wrote:I've read that lactose tolerance developed within the last 10,000 years or so.

Interesting, I'd like to know more about this.

pfffff.

iron brew or GTFO.

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I refuse to believe that rainbows are the result of light refracting through air-borne water droplets.

Is this the thread where be refuse to believe facts just because?

Somebody Else's Problem wrote:Well no, I'm not a geneticist. And I don't think there'll be adequate DNA evidence from 40,000 years ago to make such a comparison in the first place.

See: Neanderthal Genome Project

Alvin Flummux wrote:
Harry Bizzle wrote:I've read that lactose tolerance developed within the last 10,000 years or so.

Interesting, I'd like to know more about this.

Unsurprising, considering the Neolithic Revolution occurred around 10,000 years ago. Up until that point, lactase production stopped once individuals surpassed the weaning age and were no longer drinking milk. Domestication of cattle, goats and camels allowed neolithic humans to continue to drink milk without having to suck on their mothers teats their entire lives. So lactase (the enzyme that breaks lactose into glucose and galactose) production continued into adulthood. Lactose intolerance by population of people correlates with the access to domesticated mammals that neolithic humans living in that area had.

PostRe: Another reason to buy Pepsi... by **jamcc** » Sun Feb 19, 2012 3:24 pm

Harry Bizzle wrote:What exactly is your problem with drinks like this, Ateyu? Calories and glycemic index?

Not such a big deal, when dealt with in moderation.

Yes, but 3 cans a day is not moderation.

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Well the diet stuff has a nearly non existent GI anyway, so if it's not making you a fatty as it is, you're not going to suddenly become a Hunter Gatherer Adonis by cutting it out entirely.

PostRe: Another reason to buy Pepsi... by **<]:^D** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 1:32 pm

I have a Coke as a treat every now and then. It's essentially flavoured sugar water. If you have Diet you're removing the main point of the drink. :fp:

PostRe: Another reason to buy Pepsi... by **Igor** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 4:20 pm

I rarely ever drink Coke or Pepsi without a spirit mixed in.

<]:^D wrote:I have a Coke as a treat every now and then. It's essentially flavoured sugar water. If you have Diet you're removing the main point of the drink.

Diet Coke tastes kind of the same sans the whole it's so sweet I can feel my teeth decaying as I drink it feeling. And give your self better treats ffs.

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