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Not at all, in fact modern society has added many new evolutionary pressures. E.g. by inventing birth control, society gave an evolutionary advantage to people
by klipt 4y ago
Not at all, in fact modern society has added many new evolutionary pressures. E.g. by inventing birth control, society gave an evolutionary advantage to people who refuse to use birth control for religious reasons, or people whose biology is incompatible with birth control, e.g. a woman for whom the pill just doesn't work, is likely to have more children.
- leaflets2 4y agoAnd gave a disadvantage to brighter women who study at university and do research, and postpone making kids
- throw827474737 4y agoYes but come on, that is so different that it shouldn't be even termed "evolutionary pressure" (in the usual original sense of survival of the fittest)?!
- klipt 4y agoWhy? Fitness is and always has been relative to the environment in which one lives. It just happens that our environment is now largely man-made.