RE: Caesarian births directly affecting human evolution
December 7, 2016 at 6:07 pm
(This post was last modified: December 7, 2016 at 6:12 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(December 7, 2016 at 4:18 pm)Minimalist Wrote:Quote:The apparently increasing prevalence of caring behavior for the incapacitated as humans evolved suggested whether that particular band survived is a mere quibble. That trait, survived and prospered.
I'm not convinced that it is a "trait" as much as a cultural phenomena which was itself an outgrowth of the development of language/symbolic thinking. Again, where else does that appear in the natural world? In this humans are quite unique... not because of some stupid god story!
Cultural phenomena themselves rely on supporting traits...and ofc it's not restricted to a god story, but it;snot unique either. Most domesticates also care for their injured. Their wild counterparts engage in similar behaviors. Sick to the center, young and strong outward. It's a fairly common herd behavior. No, bison don't mend bones with a cast...but they cant so that's irrelevant. They do what they -can- do to protect their weak. We do "more" because we can do "more"...but the effect is the same.
It;s not a divergenece from ns or darwinian evolution...hss was selected for and now selects among themselves (ss/as) for cooperation, for cohabitation and co-dependency, among other things. We sure as shit weren't selected for strength or speed or individual heartiness. Not even individual intelligence. Were born and also bred to endure, to outlast, not necessarily to win outright....but always together.....that's what worked, for us, so far.
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