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Can't get over how Lamarckian this sounds. How long have we been eating with utensils? Long enough for such a radical change? And is an overbite really such a d
by nsxwolf 12y ago
Can't get over how Lamarckian this sounds. How long have we been eating with utensils? Long enough for such a radical change? And is an overbite really such a disadvantage that it would select you right out of the gene pool?
- JoeAltmaier 12y agoHuman physical genetic changes have accelerated in the last 50,000 years. Probably accompanying new pressures brought by living in social groups. But since the fork was only invented 400 years ago, maybe utensils is a reach.
- Phlarp 12y agoSurely "utensils" includes more than just modern style metal forks? I don't think it's a stretch to say that the use of tools of any kind in the eating process could remove specific evolutionary pressures that would otherwise inhibit some individuals from reproducing.
- nsajko 12y agoI think it is a developmental rather than an evolutional effect.