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Just curious. Wouldn't evolution eventually take care of this? For most people, sitting down too much would be harmful. But due to mutations/genetic variance, t
by eighthnate 9y ago
Just curious. Wouldn't evolution eventually take care of this? For most people, sitting down too much would be harmful. But due to mutations/genetic variance, there would be people who are relatively unaffected by prolonged sedentary life. Over time, wouldn't their genetics take over?
- Renevith 9y agoIt depends on the nature of the harm. If sedentary life reduced the typical lifespan from 70 to 50 (which would be dramatic) but didn't significantly affect your health during your 20s and 30s, it would have little to no effect on reproduction and thus would not be genetically selected.