3 ms·
Trying to find an evolutionary explanation in existing behaviors is putting the cart before the horse. Organisms can do many things that have nothing to do with
by coliveira 5y ago
Trying to find an evolutionary explanation in existing behaviors is putting the cart before the horse. Organisms can do many things that have nothing to do with evolution. However, evolution will take care that only some of them will survive. So, what was good for evolution can only be inferred from the past.
- spicybright 5y agoAlso, probably obvious, but us humans have been countering evolution for a while now. Medical science (both for sickness and fertility) + modern lifestyle keeps people alive that wouldn't otherwise be if we were still living in the woods. So (at least from my armchair) it's no wonder we see more "pointless" behaviors.
- lanstin 5y agoThis isn`t at all countering evolution. It is changing the fitness pressure. being able to parent effectively with smart phones and sedentary jobs and needing a lot of education is more fit than not having metabolic disorders or a weak immune system. If anything our tendency to not have reproductively isolated subgroups and large population is making speciation less likely. But rest assured our genome is slowly changing as we change our fitness landscape.