Mutation

"Mutation: it is the key to our evolution. It has enabled us to evolve from a single-celled organism into the dominant species on the planet. This process is slow, and normally taking thousands and thousands of years. But every few hundred millennia, evolution leaps forward."

- Prof. Charles Francis Xavier (X-Men Character)

Mutation: a sudden departure from the parent type in one or more heritable characteristics, caused by a change in a gene or a chromosome. (Dictionary.com)

Mutation is an interesting subject, there are different kind of views in which people interpret what mutation really is, and despite quoting a fictional character, I do want to speak about real mutation.

There is always the general idea that mutation is simply "a freak." A human being who is different from the rest. Whose genetical form has a variation from what is considered to be normal.

However I believe in a different idea, in survival. I think mutation is natural. Its nature's way of evolving into a race ready for the new era.

The theory of evolution by Charles Darwin developed in AD 1859, in his book Origin of Species; theorized that humans evolved from a lower order of animals, such as primates. Darwin, said that humans evolved from what we consider to be gorillas and chimps, today. I believe that mutation falls along these lines. Life of on earth changes with time, and the human race needs to adapt to be able to live with these changes. I believe that mutation improves the human being and allows them to survive under the new circumstances. So in this case I believe us humans are mutants from the early Neanderthals. 

The quote in this text is indeed from a fictional movie, X-Men. Therefore many of you may see this as some kind of fantasy and might not buy into what I am talking about. But there are some interesting cases in the world, in terms of mutants. A very famous case is Ben Underwood. 

Ben was a blind person who used to still see without his eyes. STRANGE? 

Well Ben Underwood, used to be able to see sound, and used to therefore make sounds with his tongue in order to be able to visualize anything he wanted to see. The real Daredevil you could say... 

So, I really got inspired, by the movie I watched last night: X-Men First Class. The movie was really good, but the idea behind it was even more fascinating, and the line by Charles Xavier even makes sense in a real world. Humans like animals evolve over time, they do vary. Who knows in a future we could all be Supermen, with ability to fly, because walking isn't an option. 

Mutation is very real, unfortunately its not as real as the mutation shown in the X-Men movies. Wouldn't that be awesome?

Farewell, God knows when we shall meet again.

Rishi...