Gene MYH16: A Tasty New Jawbreaker

kid_wonder writes "Jeremy Roenick take heart! Glass Joe take heart! Scientists discovered that humans owe their big brains to a single genetic mutation that weakened our jaw muscles about 2.4 million years ago. So I guess now we can call all those dopey muscle bound guys 'apes' with a clear conscience."

Good news for Louisiana

[bugnuts]

Slack-jawed yokels have bigger brains!

All those jaw muscles...

[Mr. Darl McBride]

Once again, this just goes to show that the guys who never tire of talking are the ones who have the least to say.

Re:Actually, no.

[Anonymous Coward]

On that note, were you aware that Harvard is the nations largest Div I athletics program ... Looks like some of those geeky kids up in Boston do a little bit more than study.

You played D1 football? Except for their hockey team (which is genuinely really good), I assure you that you could stuff any of their jocks into a locker.

Re:Silly protozoa!

[drinkypoo]

Does a single mutation take you from a chimp to a reality show contestant in one jump?

Arguably, you don't need to have any mutation to go from one to the other. The two are generally freely interchangable.

Especially on Fox.