July 19, 2014 7. THE RECASTING OF HUMAN NATURE This lightening of the bone, a genetically based process, is seen in the fossil remains of species like pigs and cattle as they were domesticated from their wild forebears. In people this process, called gracilization, proceeded independently in each of the world’s populations, according to the physical anthropologist Marta Mirazón Lahr. All Excerpts From Wade, Nicholas. “A Troublesome Inheritance.” Penguin Group, USA, 2014-05-06. iBooks. This material may be protected by copyright.
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