| This is my first response, so I'll try and make it information>noise. This is a typically non-biological / ecological dunce post for Ycomb, n/and an ignorant post that I see commonly espoused by the bottom layers of the 2.0 / transitional ideological parties. The lack of a genetic ability to produce Vitamin C is neither a bug nor an issue for the mammals that do not possess it. In all cases, either the mammal in question gains from the lack [i.e. the lack has driven forward other behaviours that have proved more beneficial whilst searching out sources of Vit C, e.g. dextral abilities to harvest fruit from trees in the case of some early primates] or is neutrally aligned to it [i.e. Vit C is already a mainstay of their diet, so there is never a lack of it, e.g. fruitivores]. The proof? They. Fucking. Survived. For. Millions / 100' Thousand Years. This is only a "bug" when you add in a modern [last 3000 years] lifestyle where fruit / veg is a "limited resource". >> The "bug" is not the inability to produce Vit C, the real bug is living in a system that doesn't allow easy access to Vit C. Living on a ship off worm-riddled meat for a year? That's an environmental problem. Same goes for inner city "food deserts" where Walmart has stomped on any and all local garden produce. Category error. Sheesh, I'd have hoped you people were more intelligent than this. [and for the record: producing Vit C chemically is a hella lot easier than genotyping in a fix, you fucking moron] |
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