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Human reproduction is based on choices made by individual men and women. "Corporate setting" or not, no central authority is selecting us for mating based on s
by leftyted 7y ago
Human reproduction is based on choices made by individual men and women. "Corporate setting" or not, no central authority is selecting us for mating based on some characteristic.
With domesticated animals, often a stud is selected and can have hundreds of offspring. For example, all border collies are related to a single dog (Old Hemp). There's no comparison to humans.
- sillysaurusx 7y agoMany of us seem to be related to Genghis Khan: https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/1-in-200-men-direct-descendants-of-genghis-khan https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/1-in-200-men-d... For me, the question of human domestication goes beyond breeding choices. We are often a product of our genetics. But once we have those genetics, what then? Can societal structures influence behavior in the same direction of animal domestication? And if not, what’s the crucial distinction, since animal domestication seems closely related to many human behaviors we see today?
- doitLP 7y agoImagine the strong selective pressure as humans moved to larger social groups and agrarian societies. These were ruled by strongmen interested above all else in most cases in collecting the highest taxes from a compliant population. Anyone too fierce, fearful or combative would be ostracized at best, killed at worst. Even today, prisons and mental institutions are filled with non-conformist, anti-social people who in many cases are not allowed to reproduce.
- lonelappde 7y agoOTOH, "undomesticated" males tend to be good as generating more offspring with diverse partners than "domesticated" ones with 2.5 children.
- csours 7y agoHuman self-domestication is certainly widely discussed: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/02/180215110041.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/02/180215110041.h...