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Quote by: Technosoul  I agree with your logic. Which might surprise you. I do not think it was a punishment as some biblical interpreters might imagine. It could be that Adam was just told about the effects that the gene would cause, the question is were the genes effected by some chemicals that Adam ate from some tree? Is that possible. Can chemicals added to the diet change the structuring of our genes - re: drugs?
What would cause the larger then primate skull in humans? What in the enviroment caused that evolutionary change in humans that is not common in other primates? The diet would be one of the first places science would look at for possible answers. After all, the genes are composed of chemical combinations.
As we grow our brain produces growth harmones, but when we mature the production of growth harmones stop and then the ageing processes set in. A gene, or perhaps a combination of genes, is the cause.
In animals the Dinosaur keep growing and just got bigger and bigger without the ageing processes to stop such continued growth. Not so later on when mammals and humans dominated the earth.
The wisdom is the gene of the Dinosaurs (anology - serpent in the tree) and that is why they could keep growing but that was changed with the apperance of warm blood anamals ( including primates and humans), now the genes have limited growth potentials coded into the system. |
Techno, you are becoming a budding spura-gene modifier. Your immagination is begining to touch sky! Good luck to you.
My imagination in the field of gene and RNA & DNA modification is limited. Till I can understand how billions of genes are produced in living animals, human in particular, I can not comment with any authority. Some genome specialist could be helpful to remove doubts you have in your mind. I am not even biologist.
As a refresher here and from what I know, I can tell you that a set of genes are fixed at the time of fertilization of egg with sperm. Bunch of 64 chromosomes are responsible for all the genes, RNA and DNA etc of an individual. I am not aware of genes in either egg or sperm and their differences if any !!! Though, I further know that the whole physical structure, internal organs, defects & deformities, intelligence IQ etc all in a person is decided based on 64 chromosomes.
Whether diet has any effect on the formation or degeneration of any particular type of gene.....I not not sure, but feel genes won't be changed with diet but, yes diet does affect physical as well as mental behaviour of a person.
Your suggested experiments with gene modification might be dangerous. To approach for expecting a beautiful girl may end up with a ugly girl or might be we get a witch or demon instead. We have to be very causious in whole of the matter in developing such technology for gene modification.