Quote (Uytendaaltje @ Jan 19 2010 08:55pm)
Devolution won't go that quickly. If it took us X years to evolve from homo sapiens to homo sapiens sapiens, it'll take us at least 1000x years to evolve back. Metaphorically speaking.
Lets break this down. DEvolution is impossible. Well, not impossible but the probability is statistically insignificant. It will never happen.
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Devolution shows itself in minor, insignificant things. Things that are insignificant since they no longer make our surviving chances bigger. For example: You probably know somebody who is really athletic, and can run for miles without feeling anything. Compare this person to an average Neanderthal, and your friend will be ashamed of himself.
Do you even know what evolution is? Variations among the population are NOT considered evolution. Again, DEvolution will never happen.
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Don't mix it up with the common, Devo-like "devolution". People getting more retarded every generation is not devolution; that's just an educational phenomena which has nothing to do with genetics. Example: People use calculators frequently, so their math(s) skills decline. This is because they don't practise maths anymore; not because they are genetically less intelligent.
Again. Devolution doesn't even exist. For seriously. Seriously look it up.
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Which, in case it makes no difference to your chance of surviving / mating, is obsolete and insignificant.
Don't disparage genetic drift. It's incredibly important.