That is the skull protecting that all important Computer we call a brain,why is it in this location.It can be accepted that we grew fingers over time to assist us in our daily life but the skull.Boy what did i start,but interested to know the theories.
2007-10-26 14:36:48 · 6 answers · asked by realdolby 5 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Thanks Pat but really wanted views on who actually made us how we are.Some kinda scientific genius ay?
2007-10-26 16:38:07 · update #1
Can see everyone struggling with the question precisley why I asked it.And would still like your theories.
2007-10-27 13:52:15 · update #2
Humans reproduce through sexual reproduction which means that characteristics from either of our parents' genes are combined in us in something like a random way. So, in each generation, this allows a lot of variation in all sorts of structures in the body: some people are born with thicker and some with thinner skulls.
If the skull is too thin though, that person will be more vulnerable to brain damage through any accident that might occur. Since brain tissue (in us and in animals) can't be repaired easily if damaged, if we suffer brain injury, we may well die or be incapacitated and unable to reproduce and therefore pass our own genes on to any offspring. The genes for a thinner skull won't do very well as a result.
If the skull were too thick, it might weigh too much and cause excessive neck strain without being statistically any more effective than a normal skull in protecting the brain. So a skull thickness is arrived at by evolution that becomes the 'normal' skull thickness.
Some people imagine that a god must have created us as we are, since our bodies seem so complex, but the idea of intelligent design is a very unintelligent one and shows extremely lazy thinking - the type that us humans do best.
2007-10-26 17:33:44 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The skull I'm sure was formed to protect the soft tissue of the brain from damage. Other wise the first time we bumped into anything we would have major brain damage. Even less advanced animals with less advanced brains have skulls.
2007-10-26 16:04:51 · answer #2 · answered by Pat 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i guess the skull originated just to make us look bigger when we are babies lol i dont know your question is kinda vague
2007-10-26 15:50:07 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
looks like richard 's going to get the best answer here
2007-10-26 15:04:57 · answer #4 · answered by J-C-T J 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mmmmm! take it you didn't go to school
2007-10-27 12:30:25 · answer #5 · answered by Tash 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Eh?
2007-10-26 14:48:29 · answer #6 · answered by RICHARD B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋