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Early replacement of West Eurasian male Y chromosomes from the east
- hirundo 7y agoThis suggests that rape and murder were surprisingly effective reproductive strategies in prehistory. We're the children of those who employed them so it's baked into our genes to some extent. For how many generations do we have to make these strategies ineffective before we're rid of them? If we find a multi gene pattern on the Y chromosome that tend towards such violence and we develop the technology to cheaply change it, we could theoretically be rid of the tendency in a single generation. But would it be justified, and would it improve the viability of our species?