THE AMISH ARE MUTATING, LIVING LONGER

Scientists have found a genetic mutation in the Amish people of the midwestern United States that appears to make them live 10 years longer than people without it. Researchers studied 177 members of the Berne Amish community in Indiana, and found 43 who had one mutant copy of the gene. These carriers lived to 85 on average, while those without it in the Amish community tend to live to 75. Amish people with this gene mutation were also significantly less likely to get diabetes, and they had more efficient metabolisms. The report was published in the journal Science Advances.
* We’re all evolving into the Amish? Gotta admit I did not see that coming.
* Ten extra years churning butter, doing laundry by hand … swell.
* And it’s the painful years with all the arthritis you’ve gotten from the churning butter, doing laundry by hand …
* Humans of the future will all have chin-beards and walk everywhere.
* Instead of humans, we’ll all be called the Yoders.
* How did they withdraw their blood? With a wooden syringe?
* So how will we get to Mars? Wood-burning barn-shaped rocket ships?