Evolution on the Meat-Sex Exchange

New York Times ^ | August 28, 2003 | MEREDITH F. SMALL

[ElectricRook]

then I and my offspring will survive.

And what happened to her sister, who had a slightly different genetic makup. And a slightly different thought process. Such as "I'll go on eating this low quality diet". Meanwhile the sister who eats some meat, has the ability to move to a more inhospitable climate, but under-populated with her species. Thats because she and her clan can take advantage of the grass eating ruminants that are able to thrive on the poorer quality food in the grasslands. Even though her species cannot eat the grass directly, they have moved into a new environment. Now two the two populations are seperated by geography. Lets let some time pass. Time passes... (for you Zork fans).

Each clan thrives on different diets, occupying different niches. Are the different clans each adapting to their different environments in different ways? Are these adaptations causing some indviduals to prosper more than the others? Are the adaptations heritable? Hmmm we have a difference within the species. Perhaps the one species has split into two? Naaa. Only God could do that. And God would have to use big tools such as time, biology, geography... And we know that God lives in a very small box, and did not create those kind of things, nor would God use those kind of tools to modify his beings.
/Sarcasm (for those who have trouble seeing it)

[xzins]

Let's see.

This chick menstruates more so she can have sex more, so she can get pregnant more, so she can eat meat more, because she menstruates more.

Strikes me as stark circularity.

[f.Christian]

How different is this than reading chicken entrails ... tea leaves --- crystal balls --- hand palms -- mind reading ?

[USMMA_83]

Do you know that children of vegitarians, because of lower levels of iron in their blood, resort to eating mud. This has been documented over and over again. It's not like they want to eat mud, it's just that there is something compelling them to eat mud - mud has alot of iron.

[xzins]

I prefer the chicken entrails myself. LOL.

I'm a liver/gizzard kind of guy.

I always embarrass my family when I order them at KFC. Mmmmmmmm.

[xzins]

Yep. Being a veggie must really suck eggs. (or maybe they're not allowed.)

I knew this guy once who'd always bet folks that he would eat a sh_t sandwich.

It proved to me that he had sh_t for brains.

[Octar]

Yours is a cogent observation.

[ElectricRook]

This chick menstruates more so she can have sex more, so she can get pregnant more, so she can eat meat more, because she menstruates more.

Perhaps one female is able to become fertile more than once a year. But she can only make more babies if she eats a better diet. So she choses the most sucessful male hunter, who brings her the higher quality diet. She keeps his attention with sex. The regular sex fills his desire to advance his genetic lineage. She and the children eat a better diet than their peers. And these children are more likely to survive, with the genes for more fertility, and better hunter.

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

Interesting post - I just figured that the females got all "catty" with each other and made the men move....... lol........

[Ronly Bonly Jones]

Old wives.....pickles & ice cream.....die hard. >>

Do you HAVE an old wife? They're not stupid. Mine isn't old, but she can confirm the reality of food aversions and cravings from first hand experience.

[xzins]

You have not changed the circularity of the argument.

Remember that at the beginning of your argument you have 2 vegetarians.

[LearnsFromMistakes]

That is gonna be tough to prove. Was it the lack of iron, or was it the environment they grew up in...

[js1138]

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