tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3734925856292601239.post6539699263739279531..comments2024-03-22T15:55:34.030-04:00Comments on Evo and Proud: Did cold seasonal climates select for cognitive ability?Peter Frosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04303172060029254340noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3734925856292601239.post-75354215717165620022020-02-02T21:46:54.376-05:002020-02-02T21:46:54.376-05:00Would warmer climates and polygynous societies sel...Would warmer climates and polygynous societies select for certain traits too?<br />I remember from a tv show several contestants were given a box of candy bars and had to go out and sell all of them, the winners were a black man and a black woman. I don't know how to describe it, but it makes sense because I'd feel more persuaded by them than the white contestants. <br /><br />If males compete with each other, certain traits such as extroversion, outward expression, and certain kinds of social ability would be selected for which fits with the south vs north divide between "warm" and "cold" personalities in many countries. Contrast the strange dancing and singing by Wodaabe men to woo women, compared to Finnish culture where people stand 10 feet away from each other at bus stops and never make small talk.<br /><br />-PeindousAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3734925856292601239.post-32487555098558678172019-03-09T06:59:59.901-05:002019-03-09T06:59:59.901-05:00Does this mean Eskimos are geniuses?
Right, and ...<i>Does this mean Eskimos are geniuses?</i><br /><br /><br />Right, and at what point (and why) did cold weather stop selecting for intelligence? Also, shouldn’t the Neanderthals have built Athens and Rome on the North Sea or Baltic Sea?iffennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3734925856292601239.post-71592071481936425932019-02-28T16:04:08.404-05:002019-02-28T16:04:08.404-05:00Too much cold or dry or hot, too little climate di...Too much cold or dry or hot, too little climate diversity make environment more predictable and decrease necessity to be more creativity. Intense climates make people seek for more stability while creativity is based on less of it.Oprah-menoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3734925856292601239.post-13758288775870147632019-02-13T18:44:13.122-05:002019-02-13T18:44:13.122-05:00Does this mean Eskimos are geniuses?Does this mean Eskimos are geniuses?sykes.1https://www.blogger.com/profile/10954672321945289871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3734925856292601239.post-27552547493089993712019-02-10T10:13:25.305-05:002019-02-10T10:13:25.305-05:00Looking forwards to seeing the full article.Looking forwards to seeing the full article.akarlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08322298490656235467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3734925856292601239.post-50154392159572237462019-02-08T13:46:07.462-05:002019-02-08T13:46:07.462-05:00Seasonal environments present a wider array of cha...Seasonal environments present a wider array of challenges. In cold seasonal environments, passerine birds have larger brains and more complicated behavioral repertoires.<br /><br />https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1559823/<br /><br /><br />In human societies, time preference is favored by seasonality:<br /><br />https://pseudoerasmus.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/galor-and-ozak.pdfPeter Frosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04303172060029254340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3734925856292601239.post-57267993971171434072019-02-06T16:28:09.117-05:002019-02-06T16:28:09.117-05:00I'm somewhat skeptical. Different environment...I'm somewhat skeptical. Different environments have different challenges, and superior cognitive ability, all else equal, is going to give an advantage in any of them. Maybe the selection for cognitive ability synergizes with some new aspects of a cold environment, like the cold itself's physiological effects or new dietary staples. Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05161850700121191487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3734925856292601239.post-222406695181794852019-02-05T13:20:21.042-05:002019-02-05T13:20:21.042-05:00Thats quite an intriguing analysis and conclusion....Thats quite an intriguing analysis and conclusion. It gives me some confidence that the new threats to mankind (like climate change and the expenditure of natural ressources) can also be mastered by human ingenuity.radiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18418500820960221635noreply@blogger.com