Posted by alexandra_k on November 24, 2004, at 15:16:40
In reply to Re: If we evolved..., posted by sunny10 on November 24, 2004, at 12:40:34
Heh heh. We never used to get foods that were so rich in fats and sugars without lots of hard work. Now it is just too easy. I think that global warming means it is getting hotter, though I guess we would be fairly well prepared for an ice age :-)
I remember one of my psych lecturers used to keep on that 'it is not that we are evolving towards perfection... it is not so much that things are selected for, rather it is elimination of the unsuccessfull'. So we are the successes because we are still here. Noses like mine aren't around because they are perfect, they are around because they aren't bad enough to result in our elimination.
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