Dave, I found this in Wikipedia: "The social brain hypothesis was proposed by British anthropologist Robin Dunbar <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Dunbar>, who argues that human intelligence did not evolve primarily as a means to solve ecological problems, but rather as a means of surviving and reproducing in large and complex social groups."
That might explain why we are now leading our species off the cliff. On Fri, Apr 23, 2021 at 7:12 AM Prof David West <[email protected]> wrote: > Can human beings evolve? > > Was reading about Pepper Moths in England during the Industrial > Revolution. (population genetics) > > Population was white with dark spots and the occasional dark colored moth > was easy prey. > Pollution killed lichen and caused the trees (moth's habitat) to be > covered in soot, turning them dark. > Population of black moths went from 2% in 1848 to 95% by 1895. > > Is is possible for humans to evolve in response to climate change in a > similar way? more general prevalence of melanin, craving for spicy hot food? > > Of course moths used many generations to achieve their change and their > lifespan is a fraction of a humans, so extinction is more likely than > adaptation. But, is it at least possible in principle? > > davew > > - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > -- Merle Lefkoff, Ph.D. Center for Emergent Diplomacy emergentdiplomacy.org Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA mobile: (303) 859-5609 skype: merle.lelfkoff2 twitter: @merle110
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