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Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Homo inclinefis


Pears again, image licensed under Creative Commons by lepiaf.geo

Homo inclinefis: The next generation in human evolution (?). Inclinefis: the compounding of (the Latin) words for turn (inclino) and wrong (nefas). In other words, Human 'turned wrongly', based on the ancient idea that 'to turn pear-shaped' was to go bad (see: OED Online Definition 3). Also, based on the attraction (or repulsion) to a shortened, generally pear-shaped body form by some people. Sorry!

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FOM: Humans Are Still Evolving, Analysis Finds, Byars, S., D. Ewbank, et al. Natural selection in a contemporary human population. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 106(42) DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0906199106 and Pear-shaped.





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