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My first take was, what’s the feedback mechanism? The benefits and drawbacks that appear after reproduction age can’t be passed on. But perhaps there’s social
by james_marks 1y ago
My first take was, what’s the feedback mechanism? The benefits and drawbacks that appear after reproduction age can’t be passed on.
But perhaps there’s social factor, like a better ability to protect offspring would pass traits down after DNA transfer.
- coldtea 1y ago>The benefits and drawbacks that appear after reproduction age can’t be passed on. If we consider grandparents, they could. E.g. more fit/older grandparents -> more help and experience sharing for raising the kids given to the parents, more infants survive. This would chose for lineages where grantparents are helpful && live more. What I meant though is that the main evolutionary pressure of us in in reproduction. Sure some past-reproduction-age traits play a role, but hardly as big.