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Dear *****,

I have an idea to do a project and I am looking for a mentor. My project will investigate the quality of us human today. Proportionally, is the human population today genetically worse than that of our ancestors?

I am sure you know Darwin, and his theories. I stumbled upon a book about his theories in the library and thus began reading it. One of the most interesting to many people and me as well is the theory of natural selection. While I was reading the book, I chanced upon another theory. It suggests that people, who couldn't possibly survive and pass down their genes through reproduction thousands of years ago, could do so today. Simply because there are too many of us, thus there is no competition to reproduce. Does it mean there is no natural selection in our population today? Thus I began to wonder if our population really is gentically worse. I feel this is very interesting and can envolve into many more specific topics.

Will you be my mentor? If not, will you refer me to another mentor that would be interested in taking me?

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