Hence they are clearly at a disadvantage.
Since there are
so many people that have both nonrecurrent nerves and thyroid lesions, yeah, I'm sure it has altered the course of evolution......
Where's your evidence for any of this, BigAl?
These nerves have to be long and they have to be stretched. Looping around the arteries enables this stretching to occur during the growth phase in a natural way. The differing lengths of the right and left nerves adds to the vocal range that these nerves can accommodate.
That's not in the same bioinfo article that you won't link to, is it?