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rapid evolution

Posted by Baldur on 2020-March-29 08:50:12 EDT, Sunday

In reply to "conservative" = "supportive of status quo" posted by girlzRprettiest on 2020-March-08 21:52:26 EDT, Sunday

"Given that it takes at least 1,000 generations for morphological changes to manifest in our species"

It didn't take nearly that long to see profound changes in the Soviet silver fox domestication experiment. How do you account for that?

While it is true that there is much we don't yet understand about biology and genetics and their interplay with culture and environment, I also think there is no doubt that genetics can play some role in human psychological traits. I suspect that genetics play a major role.

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I was referring to natural selection - girlzRprettiest on 2020-April-08 08:34:22 EDT, Wednesday - (18 / 0 / 1)
- false distinction between natural and artificial - Baldur on 2020-April-12 00:24:05 EDT, Sunday - (17 / 0 / 0)