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Perhaps. Another explanation might be that it doesn't produce enough evolutionary advantages in the context of a human society. One could also argue that the m
by btschaegg 10y ago
Perhaps. Another explanation might be that it doesn't produce enough evolutionary advantages in the context of a human society.
One could also argue that the medical advancements of the last 100 years or so have greatly reduced the evolutionary pressure created by "bodily weakness", and I'd imagine similar arguments could be made in the opposite direction when it comes to other factors (like the norms of a society and its influence on the advantage of mental capabilities of some kind).
It would be very interesting to see in what ways societies "skew" the evolutionary process. Does anyone know of good research/data in this direction?
- adrianN 10y agoThose lines of research are usually shut down because of claims of racism. Researching genetic differences between different societies is frowned upon. There are for example people who claim that Jews tend to excel in science because historically they have been banned from many trades and retreated into more intellectual fields like banking.
- btschaegg 10y agoHm, yeah. If the research is focused on specific cultures I can see that being a problem in that regard.
- nradov 10y agoThere's nothing stopping researchers from searching for correlations between certain genes and intellectual ability (or at least performance on standardized tests as a proxy). Bringing race or ethnicity into the issue doesn't add anything.