There's no "Human Evolution," only PRE-human evolution!

Well, there isn't exactly a whole lot of pressure on our genetics to correct it, since we have braces etc. to correct it.

 

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Two somewhat recent articles on the subject that take polar opposite viewpoints:

Satoshi Kanazawa in a Psychology Today blog claims evolution pretty much came to a stop 10,000 years ago with the onset of agriculture.

Kanazawa, S, "Why human evolution pretty much stopped about 10,000 years ago", Psychology Today blog, 2008
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog...lution-pretty-much-stopped-about-10000-years-


Kathleen McAuliffe in Discover Magazine writes on recent research that says exactly the opposite: The pace of evolution has vastly increased with the onset of agriculture.

McAuliffe, K, "They Don't Make Homo Sapiens Like They Used To", Discover Magazine, March 2009
http://discovermagazine.com/2009/mar/09-they-dont-make-homo-sapiens-like-they-used-to

 

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Evolution steps along on two legs: diversification and cull (that's genetic population, not somatic, eh? both often involve geographic spread, consequent isolation etc).

From the diversification standpoint, we are in explosion mode as a species - radiating rapidly. From the cull standpoint, there are more arguments.

One major planetary-scale culling event was the wipeout of the Americans between 1500 and 1700; two continent's worth of human beings subjected to a series of plagues and other challenges that killed most of them, creating extreme differentials in reproduction and consequent culling.

It's only after the cull that evolutionary change becomes evident, usually. The people arguing for evolutionary stasis are arguing that culling is not happening and will no longer happen on a species significant scale. We can hope.

 

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autism and ADHD etc... = signs of evolution.

 

No.

 

prove "no"

 

In order:

What about skin color, facial shape, stature (scandinavians, anyone?)?? Thats proof any human can come up with in three seconds.

From what I learned humans are getting larger because of better nutrition.

Because every social theorist wants his theory to be the greatest.

 

a social theorist is someone who has the guts and courage to stand up and admit they are speaking their own thoughts instead of pedaling some shit saying god told them to think that

 

Correction, western industrial society has means to correct it, a luxury not afforded to much of the human race.

 

Don’t have to. You made the positive statement, so the onus of proof is on you. I’ve never seen psychiatric conditions like ADHD or neurological conditions like autism cited as evidence of human evolution. But that doesn’t mean they’re not; I simply may have never come across the scientific literature that demonstrates how. So what have you got for us?

 

i made a comment/statement.

you said i was wrong/disagreed with it.

NOTE: you did not say
"please explain your comment and tel me why you think this"
or any colloquialised simile.

you said "NO" .

thus "what is the point in bothering discussing it with you since you have already stated it is not possible in your reality ?

none really is it.

 

/eek

clever!
well lobbed

 

Chimps are superior to us in some ways:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khe9bXT-OHE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrPb41hzYdw&feature=fvw

Well this is just cute...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuzUigpHjMU&NR=1

We happened to evolve in such a way that was more useful to obtain critical population mass and skills/abilities for the specialization of labour.

Enmos is right, we really aren't THAT much better than Chimps. It's just amazing what a few small advantages(and disadvantages) can make!

 

How about blue eyes? That is a trait that is only 5000 to 10,000 years old (look it up). Something about blue eyes made it successful for reproduction despite being recessive, whether it was merely attractiveness or something else. That's a mutation that has changed our bodies, at least for some of us like me.

 

It's sex - selected like a peacock's tail. Good point though. We are still going through...changes.

There's a thread somewhere about it. Actually a couple at least.

 

Ahhh, so you've got nothing? :shrug: Fair enough, just say so.

 

What! So........you're saying.................we've been livng on thte planet of the apes all along!

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What has that got to do with evolution? I'll answer for you. Practically nothing.

 

Well, that's not really true. Everything effects evolution. The increase in available nutrition removes one selective pressure from populations in advanced western nations, but allows others to come into play. Such as the many maladies associated with obesity.

 

So I presume you imply that the act of evolve does not include the psychological characteristics of the human species? Don't you think that maybe there is a more intrinsic connection between the psychological characteristics of our species and our physiological characteristics? In which case your point would then not be valid.


Besides, we did not evolve much in a social level. We still have several behaviors characteristic of our tribal eras. Our tools, thought different, haven't changed much our behaviors. Our behaviors are still essentially the same. Particularly when females are involved....

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