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Old Apr 23, 2008, 04:24 am   #18 (permalink) (top)
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And so are we to assume that not every change is due to evolution?
It is because of natural selection.. but because it doesn't affect the entire gene pool of humans, then those who had the low voice gene musn't have had a particularly huge advatage, because high voices still survived, and got by fine.

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It could be a side effect of a different gene. Like testosterone.
I really have no idea, but just suppose that testosterone caused you to have a low voice - well, it also causes a pile of other useful traites for men to have.

Or when a gene for testosterone was created through mutation, that individual might have also had the gene for a low voice. So all of this individuals offspring who survived due to have testosterone, also happened to have a low voice.


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