Cancer the price for bigger brains?

[SeanPlunk]

I just read this article (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31206671/) on MSNBC. Fascinating stuff. Chimpanzees apparently have a far lower cancer rate than humans despite the fact that we are so similar genetically. The theory is that in order to evolve larger brains the mechanism that causes cells to die had to be relaxed. This in turn leads to more cancer in humans.

[BRUTAL64]

I just read this article (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31206671/) on MSNBC. Fascinating stuff. Chimpanzees apparently have a far lower cancer rate than humans despite the fact that we are so similar genetically. The theory is that in order to evolve larger brains the mechanism that causes cells to die had to be relaxed. This in turn leads to more cancer in humans.

Read that article and the other three that were there. Good stuff.:drink:

[SeanPlunk]

I like the picture:

http://msnbcmedia4.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/090610-chimp-hmed-9a.hmedium.jpg

That chimp looks comfortable :rolling:

[BRUTAL64]

I like the picture:

http://msnbcmedia4.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/090610-chimp-hmed-9a.hmedium.jpg

That chimp looks comfortable :rolling:

Yea, that reminds me of a couple of women that I used to go out with.:(:judge::rolling: