Posted by Ilene on September 10, 2005, at 17:44:05
In reply to Re: 'Proof' our brains are evolving, posted by SLS on September 10, 2005, at 13:28:01
> > The changes presumably confer a survival benefit
> > University scientists say they have found strong proof that the human brain is still evolving.
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> What might be sad about the process of natural selection at work on the human brain is that it is now being driven by cultural and socioeconomic factors that select against the poor, uneducated, unwanted, and "unintelligent".
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Selection against these people would only be working if they had fewer children than the rich, educated, desirable, and intelligent. Lots of poor people have children.I.
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