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Feeling Like a New Woman? That's Evolution

Evolution isn't quite done with us yet, according to researchers from Yale University. As reported in The New Scientist, a recent study of more than 2,200 women in Massachusetts indicates that while advances in health care may have pushed "survival of the fittest" towards extinction, differences in reproduction rates are still nudging human DNA into new directions. So, who is this new woman? According to researchers, she's a little bit shorter, a couple pounds heavier, has supremely good blood pressure and -- most interestingly -- she has a longer time frame in which to have children. Of ...

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