tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3734925856292601239.post951779689598231204..comments2024-03-22T15:55:34.030-04:00Comments on Evo and Proud: Agriculture, female self-reliance, and non-tropical environmentsPeter Frosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04303172060029254340noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3734925856292601239.post-21485132288473457002008-02-26T16:18:00.000-05:002008-02-26T16:18:00.000-05:00As John Hawks says, in a different context:This is...As John Hawks says, in a different context:<BR/><BR/><I><BR/>This is the kind of test that ought to fail in most wild populations. Without a shift in the adaptive landscape, the fraction of new mutations with potential adaptive value is bound to be small -- <B>because species are optimized to the environments that they have occupied for a long time</B>.<BR/></I>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3734925856292601239.post-26280674578662431252008-02-26T01:51:00.000-05:002008-02-26T01:51:00.000-05:00It would seem that stability in the environment be...It would seem that stability in the environment benefits women. <BR/><BR/>They like predictability.<BR/><BR/>It would seem that more men benefit from unpredictability. That is, more men get to reproduce.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3734925856292601239.post-33359041050593877912008-02-25T17:07:00.000-05:002008-02-25T17:07:00.000-05:00It seems to me that females will seek ways in whic...It seems to me that females will seek ways in which they can be resource sufficient or to create resource sufficiency for their female offspring.<BR/><BR/>One such way is welfare.<BR/><BR/><I><BR/>I think some kind of gene-culture evolution has taken place, as I argued in a previous post. <BR/></I><BR/><BR/>Well, surely, gene-culture evolution must be going on, since culture is simply one more form of environment.<BR/><BR/>Those with the requisite hardware that allows them to more quickly bootstrap their way into the local culture have an advantage.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3734925856292601239.post-7766988862083367022008-02-25T12:28:00.000-05:002008-02-25T12:28:00.000-05:00Merde! It should be "less polygynous." Thanks for ...Merde! It should be "less polygynous." Thanks for the logic check.<BR/><BR/>I think some kind of gene-culture evolution has taken place, as I argued in a previous post. I also agree that seasonal environments should select for future-oriented resource allocation, i.e., resources must be allocated to meet both current and future needs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3734925856292601239.post-31943784592550212462008-02-24T23:31:00.000-05:002008-02-24T23:31:00.000-05:00I hope I'm not embarrassing myself, but the first ...I hope I'm not embarrassing myself, but the first sentence of the post should read "less polygynous." ... or has my reading comprehension failed me?Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13570616517199895140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3734925856292601239.post-53902442463261126632008-02-24T21:18:00.000-05:002008-02-24T21:18:00.000-05:00So what you seem to be saying is that in exploitin...So what you seem to be saying is that in exploiting different environments, humans have developed differing cultural and genetic approaches (because surely, modification of some genes must be involved in changing things like willingness to engage in hard work or long-term planning on the part of one sex or the other).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com