Male's dying out?
Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2003 6:12 pm
Here is an interesting article:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20 ... 081229.htm
It suggests that the Y chromosone, used to determine the male sex of a child, has slowly decreased in size and stability over the past million years. This may eventually lead to lower sperm counts in males and possible the end of the male population...
They say in the end of the article it's very unlikely to happen though, even in 5-10 million years, but science is never that accurate that far into the future. Hopefully they're right about it not really happening or else the end of the human race will be near. [ok, not really]
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20 ... 081229.htm
It suggests that the Y chromosone, used to determine the male sex of a child, has slowly decreased in size and stability over the past million years. This may eventually lead to lower sperm counts in males and possible the end of the male population...
They say in the end of the article it's very unlikely to happen though, even in 5-10 million years, but science is never that accurate that far into the future. Hopefully they're right about it not really happening or else the end of the human race will be near. [ok, not really]