Re: Think religion isn't a product of evolutionary forces? Read this.

In article <fpfa4m$2e60$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, dkomo <dkomo871@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Natural selection can act on human culture too

"Washington, Feb 19 (ANI): Natural selection can act on human culture as
well as on genes, says a new study which shows that cultural traits
affecting survival and reproduction evolve at a different rate than
other cultural attributes."

http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_12280_Natural-selection-can-act-on-h
uman-culture-too.html

"The statistical test results clearly revealed that the functional canoe
design elements changed more slowly over time, indicating that
natural selection could be weeding out inferior new designs."

Gosh, is "natural selection" now a synonym for everything that
exists? Are improved atomic bomb designs and ancient DNA
PCR protocols also results of natural selection?

Other than that, it's kinda surprising to see intuitively obvious point
to be a big scientific news. Surely "culture" is a partial product
of genes (that's why "culture" of H.sapiens and C.lupus inhabiting
the same environment is decidedly different). Viewed this way, the
interplay between genes and culture is no more mysterious than
the chicken and egg dilemma.

And if so, then, generally speaking, it is entirely, 100 percent
expected that culture would be affected by natural selection.
Can't be any other way around.

DK

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