RE: Technology's effect on evolution
April 18, 2012 at 10:01 am
(This post was last modified: April 18, 2012 at 10:07 am by The Grand Nudger.)
(April 18, 2012 at 9:54 am)FallentoReason Wrote: It's already had a huge effect, like increased heart diseases from not enough exercise due to work and not having to physically move around for food.
That is an effect of sedentary lifestyles that has always been a glitch in the machines of our vascular systems. Technology didn't cause that. It just exposed the limitations. If you don't use muscular tissue it becomes weak, this would be as true of our paleolithic ancestors muscular tissue as it is of our own.
Such a fine line isn't it? We have all these adaptations for survival, but some of them are so succesful that they would seem to impact our survival..lol. Pro-tip, evolutionary processes don't give a shit whether you live or die, and as soon as you have procreated they are done with you. You're unlikely to have a heart attack before you are capable of knocking someone up (or getting knocked up), a sedentary lifestyle combined with a lavish diet does appear to have the effect of accelerating sexual maturity and infant survival rates, ergo success.
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