82
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
this post was submitted on 22 Nov 2025
82 points (92.7% liked)
Biology
2938 readers
1 users here now
This is a general community to discuss of all things related to biology!
For a more specific community about asking questions to biologists, you can also visit:
founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
This article doesn't address the point that modern society enables most individuals to live long enough to have children regardless of their genetic advantages or disadvantages. Sure people with light skin are not well suited to living in very hot climates, but in the modern world that isn't going to make them less likely to procreate than people with dark skin in that environment.
Yes, but being an anti-social, shut-in can contribute to not procreating. There are definitely both physical and psychological characteristics in humans that have a better chance of procreation than others. Even if people aren't dying from nature, Darwin will get his due.
I'm not saying that genetic changes aren't happening at all, just that the article doesn't address that modern society creates a very different environment for natural selection, compared to humans in subsistence level environments in the wild.