In a thousand years, Africa will be populated only by the descendants of those few individuals who are currently immune to the Aids virus.
So Africa, with all its resources, will be left empty for thousands of years while the population naturally rebuilds from the few thousand (?) with natural HIV immunity? Haven't these "scientists" heard that people are now moving from place to place?
A more likely scenario will have the African population being naturally rebuilt from the descendants of those who follow a culture or religion that enforces or encourages morality, since the practice of sexual morality is an almost perfect preventative of AIDS.
There is a premium on sharpness of mind and the ability to accumulate money. Such people tend to have more children and have a better chance of survival,' he says. In other words, intellect - the defining characteristic of our species - is still driving our evolution.
Absolutely untrue. In modern societies, the higher the income, the less likely the person is to reproduce. Thus, intellectual ability, to the extent it is hereditary, is if anything breeding itself out of the population.
I cannot agree more. Lately I have become very jaded to any "news" article coming out of the UK. Is is me or do they seem to print unconfirmed garbage?
Mankind is in a constant state of development. Darwin was right on this one. Hell, look at our life expectancy just 30 years ago. Certainly it will improve and these so called experts will be holding onto their predictions just like the bone-heads who stocked emergency shelters for the Y2K bug.
Lately I find it hard to click on any article whos link is to a UK news source.
Most of the arguements were flawed but this one jumped out at me too.
One would wonder why there are more wildabeast in those Nat. Geo. specials than there are giraffes.[grin]