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To: mamelukesabre
"The runner with perfect leg structure will survive longer because:"

I wasn't disputing the advantage of human anatomy, I was relating it to natural selection.

30 posted on 10/30/2009 9:10:55 PM PDT by Natural Law
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To: Natural Law

The idea of natural selection in humans gets a little confusing when you consider the importance of man’s brainpower and his unmatched ability to share knowledge and skills with his pack mates.

I would suggest to you that in humans the only natural selection pressures of major significance are those that select one pack of humans’ warfare technology over another’s. I don’t see genetics being terribly important. The most profound feature, imo, is the genocidal utility of a tribe’s weaponry...and the effectiveness of his defenses and fortifications.

Man is so extremely head and shoulders above every other creature on the planet, man is not in competition with animals. i don’t even think man is competing with man for ability to ingest animal protein.

Man is in competition with man for power and control over man.


41 posted on 10/30/2009 9:30:05 PM PDT by mamelukesabre (Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum (If you want peace prepare for war))
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