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Re:Humans evolved to tolerate smoke poisoning [pdf] on Friday February 17, 2017 @10:49AM (#13668993)
That absolutely can happen - but remember that the traits of the 'evolved' lung cell will not be passed to offspring, as the genetic makeup of gametes (sperm) is a random (50%) subset of the main genetic code.