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Researchers Say Human Brain is Still Evolving
Oleg Alexandrov writes "Two genes involved in determining the size of the human brain have undergone substantial evolution in the last 60,000 years, researchers say, suggesting that the brain is still undergoing rapid evolution. The discovery adds further weight to the view that human evolution is still a work in progress, since previous instances of recent genetic change have come to light in genes that defend against disease and confer the ability to digest milk in adulthood."
...does it run OSX-86?
I thought Natural selection is the process of genes being passed on from parents to siblings. When there is a benefit, the genes start showing noticble traits. For example, Mendel's work, or any biologist or farmer that breeds for specific traits.
Evolution is the process in which things change into entirely new species. Is the article trying to say that some people's brains will become so complex that they'll no longer be able to breed with the lesser brained people of the world? And eventually these super brained people will form their own species of Homo Superior or create a band of Xmen?
God spoke to me.
That's really the neat part; that it shows that this idea of "survival of the dumbest" is apparently not what has been happening. Instead, there is every reason to think we have been getting smarter.
Unfortunately socialist governments are a recent invention, and they're quickly undoing what natural selection used to take place in the wild. With massive welfare systems now in place in many countries, the dumbest people can now breed out of control, and you're paying for it. They might lack the genes to effectively compete in modern society, but it doesn't matter as long as you're paying for their house, food, healthcare, and kids.
Letting the weakest die off might seem un-pc and mean in the short term, but in the long term it's helping the human race.