Darwin-L Message Log 8:94 (April 1994)

Academic Discussion on the History and Theory of the Historical Sciences

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<8:94>From BONN@nickel.laurentian.ca  Wed Apr 27 07:51:15 1994

Date: Wed, 27 Apr 1994 08:43:16 -0500 (EST)
From: "Bonnie Blackwell, (519)253-4232x2502" <BONN@nickel.laurentian.ca>
Subject: Re: Vitamin C
To: darwin-l@ukanaix.cc.ukans.edu

Primates did not need Vitamin C since about 70 Ma (Ma = million years ago).
This hardly constitutes a "temporary" situation.  It is only within the last
5 to 10 My (My = million years) that the hominid line has evolved away from
significant fruit in the diet.  60 My is sufficient time,as I understand it
for a mutation to occur in a gene to make it dysfunctional, but I suspect that
5-10 My is not sufficient time to recover the ability to manufacture Vitamin
C, however that "recovery" might occur.

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