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Comment on Survival of the Trendiest by Four Stone Hearth #75 « Physical Anthropology

Four Stone Hearth #75 « Physical Anthropology — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:02:51 +0000

[...] Anna Barros shows how trends are subject to selection. She demonstrates how memes can be transmitted from person to person and how they respond to [...]

Comment on Stripped, Part I – ‘The Crooked Pinky’ by Jan

Jan — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 04:26:22 +0000

I cannot find it in my family as well. Go figure.

Comment on Stripped, Part I – ‘The Crooked Pinky’ by Ashley

Ashley — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:19:19 +0000

Anna, that’s interesting about the bent pinkies. My kids both have them, but neither my husband nor I has them. My husband and kids all have ADHD, which is on the autism spectrum….But to our knowledge no one else in either of our families has the bent pinky trait. My son does have a much longer ring finger than pointer, and I have read that some have said this is a marker for autism (low ratio of digit 2 to 4).

Comment on Stripped, Part I – ‘The Crooked Pinky’ by Dan

Dan — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 03:41:22 +0000

I have crooked pinkies, and only just recently learned of some research indicating some kind of correlation with some genetic abnormalities and perhaps autism. Up to this point, I never really thought of them as any kind of big deal, even after the hundreds of times I’ve been asked about breaking them. However, 6 years ago, my first child was born with Trisomy 18. Since then, we have had two other children without any such issues. We really want to try for another, but these studies are really making it difficult to give it a go. I can’t stand to look at my hands now. Anyone else in this boat?

Comment on Stripped, Part I – ‘The Crooked Pinky’ by Jan

Jan — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 04:04:14 +0000

Crooked Pinky’s is no relation to heart disease or a hole in the heart.
Crooked pink’s (clinodactyly) is a congenital hand deformity that causes no risk to the person with this deformity. I have very crooked pinkies as well.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1255945/
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2594860/?page=1