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I think not. Darwin had a second theory of evolution by sexual selection, and it may be the more important. It's selection, not by the jungle, tooth and claw,
by russell 18y ago
I think not. Darwin had a second theory of evolution by sexual selection, and it may be the more important. It's selection, not by the jungle, tooth and claw, but intraspecies mate selection. I think a lot of human activity is driven, directly or indirectly, by mate selection: Wall Street Money, superstars, Nobel prizes, boring jobs in IT. I have read reports that human evolution has its afterburners on. Curing disease and helping the less able is irrelevant, because it's overshadowed by all the other competition going on. A century ago, the pool of potential mates was limited by your home town or county. Now you have college, world wide travel, and the internet.