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What do you / your prof think about the timelines though? I always heard people shoot these kinds of arguments down by saying that evolution does not significan
by Zacharias030 1y ago
What do you / your prof think about the timelines though? I always heard people shoot these kinds of arguments down by saying that evolution does not significantly operate on our accelerated timelines of human technology.
- api 1y agoHow long an evolutionary change takes can vary widely depending on a ton of factors: current makeup of the gene pool, strength of selection, whether it's a single or multiple gene trait, whether and to what extent there are counter-pressures selecting in the other way, and so on. It's very hard to say. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recent_human_evolution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recent_human_evolution
- felipeerias 1y agoHuman culture is subject to evolutionary pressures, just as biological systems, but it can change in a shorter timescale.