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.
People did tell me to learn to be happy with myself and that it wasn't necessary to have a man to be happy, but I couldn't help it, I just really wanted to find a boyfriend. Of course a lot has happened since then to make up for those 6 boring years. I went back to school, ended up meeting lots of nice people, and finally got married.
That is funny what you said about the clicking language, I was thinking about that when I wrote you about the Yupik language. The first time I heard it was in "The Gods Must be Crazy" which I loved, but I wasn't sure whether that was a real language or whether they were adding sound effects. Then I found out it is the real language of the Kalahari Bushmen. The Yupik language is just as wierd because they have all these throat spitting sounds with hard K sounds. I have tried to pronounce some of the words and it's next to impossible! I wish you could hear it, you would get a kick out of it I think! Is the Afrikaans (sp?) language anything like Dutch? Does it have those clearing of the throat sounds like Dutch?
Now , that you describe it more fully, I think that I may have heard that Eskimo language spoken , on some program, or other.
That WAS a great movie !
Yes some people here, are just so damned mired in what they imagine they know ( whether it is true or not ! ) , blinded by their own biases, and / or ONLY take pleasure in fighting those whom they see as an " ENEMY " ( so that it doesn't ever matter to them when that person says something true / of value ... they'll just try to shred them anyway ! ) , that it is worse than futile to respond to them. Sometimes, it's worth the bother, so that lurkers and other posters get to see both sides. Mostly, it's just best to ignore the sillier post .
It IS , IMO , more difficult to meet prospective dates / mates in a big city . even when you're from one. OTOH, by joining clubs and activiies that your interested in, one has a much larger selection, than if one lived in a tiny village. A lot of the dating game has to do with luck and being in the " right " place, at the " right " time. : - )
But heck no!! I wouldn't want to go out with her either if I were a guy! Eek!
99% of all american women are shorter than their husbands.
More women marry homosexuals than they do short men.
There is no other factor that is higher than 99%.
I had to respond to this one. I almost laughed myself silly. I'm 5'1", and very male, and never had much of a problem getting dates. I've lost count of how many women I dated, but I know for certain that only two of them were my height or shorter. The woman I ended up marrying, the woman who bore my childre, and the woman who's still with me after all these years happens to be 11" taller than I am. At the risk of bragging, I'll even say that she's stunningly beautiful.
I don't know what attracts women to men. I'd even go so far as to say I'm clueless, but I can say with some certainty that it isn't height. It's not possible for one man to meet that many exceptions.
Yes it is possible for one man to meet that many exceptions.
It seems to me, that you happen to attract very intelligent women, who are in that 1%. Good for you, and my congratulations to your wife who dared to marry shorter than herself.
I guess that means either the Creator is a mischievous practical joker, or procreation is the direct result of intoxication.
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