Comments on: The Mystery of Human Blood Types http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/hominids/2012/10/the-mystery-of-human-blood-types/ Meet the members of the tangled human family tree Thu, 31 Jan 2013 17:56:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 By: Cardillac http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/hominids/2012/10/the-mystery-of-human-blood-types/#comment-903 Cardillac Wed, 24 Oct 2012 14:42:22 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/hominids/?p=2170#comment-903 for more alternative viewpoints on the origins of blood types please read with a completely open mind Dr. Joseph Farrell's monumental "Genes, Giants, Monsters and Men" which includes among much other info an analysis of the puzzling exclusively Rh-neg. factor of the Basques and their enigmatic (non Indo-Germanic) language- riveting reading if one has interest in this subject and wants to expand one's mental horizons about, well, life in general for more alternative viewpoints on the origins of blood types please read with a completely open mind Dr. Joseph Farrell’s monumental “Genes, Giants, Monsters and Men” which includes among much other info an analysis of the puzzling exclusively Rh-neg. factor of the Basques and their enigmatic (non Indo-Germanic) language- riveting reading if one has interest in this subject and wants to expand one’s mental horizons about, well, life in general

]]> By: Peter http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/hominids/2012/10/the-mystery-of-human-blood-types/#comment-901 Peter Tue, 23 Oct 2012 21:52:10 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/hominids/?p=2170#comment-901 Well the most likely reason is, that the making of human blood by the body is not a fixed recipe. There are a few favors which all can work if the rest of the body is used to it. As you write in your own text, there are advantages to have some kind of blood recipe so the way our evolution worked it never really favored one type but it favored a collection of types. (evolution isnt about the best specimen its about the best species or survival group) Since people travel these groups spread out and so, the types have safe heavens everywhere and (so far) there are no diseases that whipe out a complete type. And so we as a species keep having these flavor advantages. The way they are created new types are rare events of evolition, DNA errors, and most of the time such things go wrong (like cancer). but 1 in multi milion times good small things are made.. and under the right condition they can grow by numbers (suddenly some family with a new type survives where other would die) and a good favour spreads out. But it doesnt work always like that for example icelanders have a genetic thread that makes them more vurnable to some diseases (its not in their blood).. but well it could be over many more years well perhaps they will get antifreeze in their blood as a result of it. Because one family survived a cold... well thats how things like this come into existence Over time ofcourse these types (again by evolution forces)improve. we have 4 main blood types Dogs also have 4 blood types and cats have 11 while cows have about 800 types. So this must have been an ancient defence method. It might well have been that we had more of them too, as our species in the past had difficulties to stay alive (we where almost gone once). so maybe thats why cows have 800 and we only have 4 Well the most likely reason is, that the making of human blood by the body is not a fixed recipe. There are a few favors which all can work if the rest of the body is used to it. As you write in your own text, there are advantages to have some kind of blood recipe so the way our evolution worked it never really favored one type but it favored a collection of types. (evolution isnt about the best specimen its about the best species or survival group)

Since people travel these groups spread out and so, the types have safe heavens everywhere and (so far) there are no diseases that whipe out a complete type. And so we as a species keep having these flavor advantages. The way they are created new types are rare events of evolition, DNA errors, and most of the time such things go wrong (like cancer). but 1 in multi milion times good small things are made.. and under the right condition they can grow by numbers (suddenly some family with a new type survives where other would die) and a good favour spreads out.
But it doesnt work always like that for example icelanders have a genetic thread that makes them more vurnable to some diseases (its not in their blood).. but well it could be over many more years well perhaps they will get antifreeze in their blood as a result of it.
Because one family survived a cold… well thats how things like this come into existence
Over time ofcourse these types (again by evolution forces)improve.

we have 4 main blood types
Dogs also have 4 blood types and cats have 11 while cows have about 800 types. So this must have been an ancient defence method. It might well have been that we had more of them too, as our species in the past had difficulties to stay alive (we where almost gone once). so maybe thats why cows have 800 and we only have 4

]]> By: Pedro Medina http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/hominids/2012/10/the-mystery-of-human-blood-types/#comment-900 Pedro Medina Mon, 22 Oct 2012 21:26:02 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/hominids/?p=2170#comment-900 This is very important to everybody human to know. This could save life anywhere in an emergency. I remembered that for those their life is at frequent risk, it was recommended to use a bracelett with the blood type. It is only taught in the school of medicine. Thank you. I will share if you let me. This is very important to everybody human to know. This could save life anywhere in an emergency. I remembered that for those their life is at frequent risk, it was recommended to use a bracelett with the blood type. It is only taught in the school of medicine. Thank you. I will share if you let me.

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