Rate of human evolution has sped up hundred times
The group of American scientists during the research has proved that evolution of the person passes now approximately hundred times faster, than in the past.
Scientists explain such acceleration of evolution by fast growth of population, and also that modern inhabitants of the planet have to quickly adapt for new conditions of habitation.
According to researchers, we differ from people who lived five thousand years ago much than they differed from Neanderthal men (who died out 24 thousand years ago).
Experts have found out, that necessity to adapt for a new habitat (due to mass migrations) to survive during epidemics and to get used to a new diet and new cultural conditions promoted acceleration of the evolution. An important factor is also fast growth of total amount of people on the Earth.
Human races genetically vary and we become more and more different, claim researchers.
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