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Sorry for being nit-picky. It is not that we evolved to thrive during periods of famine. It is that we did not evolve under conditions where resources were plen
by jostmey 12y ago
Sorry for being nit-picky. It is not that we evolved to thrive during periods of famine. It is that we did not evolve under conditions where resources were plentiful. That is why so many people die from heart conditions brought on by excessive eating. The machinery in our body is simply insufficient to deal with the excess cholesterol.
- libria 12y agoHe's saying that even when people are universally weakened by starvation, the other mutations that exhibit advantages (a regenerative immune system in this case) are rewarded with further generations. I think "evolved to thrive in famine" is fair to say.
- Florin_Andrei 12y agoEvolved to thrive on abundance of resources on the long-term, punctuated by brief intervals of scarcity.