Re: Are We Still Evolving?

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Justin R. Smith (jsmith@mcs.drexel.edu) wrote:

: Yes --- and I think the physical evolution that will take place will
: involve the brain's ABILITY to house memes. And the evolutionary
: engine will no longer simply be violence. It will be cultural
: selection (to eliminate a gene, it's only necessary to prevent
: it from being passed on to the next generation).
: --
But what genes aren't being passed on to the next genration. Almost
anything can make it these days.

gpp@lclark.edu

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