Posted on 05/27/2002 10:28:34 PM PDT by VinnyTex
Women may be responsible for the intelligence of the human race because they consistently pick brain over brawn when choosing a mate.
A study by German geneticists supports the controversial theory that women approach brains as a sexual ornament - much like a lion's mane or a peacock's tail - according to a report published in New Scientist magazine.
The theory that women are responsible for intelligence is not new. Darwin came up with the idea that sexual selection influences evolution, and US researchers suggested 30 years ago that intelligence genes were concentrated on the X chromosome.
The X chromosome is what distinguishes men from women. It is present in both sexes but women have two X chromosomes while men have one X and one Y.
The fact that men have only one copy of every gene on the X chromosome influences whether particular genetic traits - such as intelligence - are expressed.
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This in turn affects whether certain traits drift out of the gene pool or are passed on through sexual selection.
The Germans looked at genes that caused mental disability when mutated, arguing that in their normal state, these genes would contribute to intelligence.
Using a catalogue of genes and genetic disorders, the team found X contained 21 per cent of the mental retardation genes.
An Australian sex chromosome expert, Jennifer Marshall Graves, of the Australian National University in Canberra, said the study was significant.
"They have demonstrated that the preponderance of mental retardation genes on the X chromosome is real," she told New Scientist.
I stopped reading after the first sentence. This is complete nonsense. I have seen girls and women pick real snakes out of the grass for "companions." Whatever they are looking for, it is not quality.
Actually, that is incorrect. The problem with the practical application however, can be summed neatly :
6 billion people on the Planet. Only one Me.
Whooo, bummer for the women, dude.
Women have ceased fulfilling their role of keeping the human race on the right track. They are incapable of performing their duties. It is time for the guys to take over.
Well, I am sure that all the women will be flocking your way. You might want to put a sign outside to make sure they can find you.
Now, we are in the economics of the matter. Well, I am sure you are worth it. Good luck.
Oh....He is....
113 posted on 5/28/02 10:44 AM Pacific by xsmommy
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Why thank you.... /blushing...
Thanks all the same, prisoner6 . . . but I simply don't want it !!!
The same way you explain the Darwin Awards. The article doesn't claim that there are no stupid people left in the world (or, fot that matter, that there aren't any stupid women left in the world.)
2.) Women everywhere would be fighting for a piece of me, which, in real life, they certainly aren't!
Could it be your personality?
Only if men let them. It's another test of intelligence.
Hey, don't lose heart: such a fate could be a lot better than winding up with one of these modern hags who, once their looks desert them (and they will, they always will), will still have the same rotten spirit inside with no pleasant facade to mask it.
No, he labors under the delusion that he is me......
Yes, interesting distinction. But you could say ... smart women make smart choices (i.e. smart men); dumb women... dumb choices. And vice-versa.
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