True. But it's social and cultural evolution that matter now.
Societies and cultures are just the emergent results of the interaction of phenotypes. i.e. Culture and people are one and the same.
My first response was pathetic :(
Let's consider biology. Physics and chemistry constrain biological processes and systems, for sure. But the number of distinct proteins based on the same set of amino acids, for example, is arguably unlimited (or at least, huge). Selection may favor one protein over another, and yet have virtually no impact on amino acid structure and diversity. Let alone on atoms, nucleons, quarks, etc.
The same applies to societies and cultures vs peoples.
So?
Physics is just emergent properties of ... (math?). Chemistry is just emergent properties of physics. Biology is just emergent properties of chemistry.
It's turtles, all the way.
Re:Let's Kill All the Mosquitoes
by CamperBob2 on Thursday April 21, 2016 @01:44AM
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No, you can opt out of the culture you were born into.
Sure, but if you're born in Canada and move to a city in China, then your phenotype is contributing to the cosmopolitan culture of that city, and the culture of the city is contributing to your phenotype.
Why in the world would you think that? We're still made of genes aren't we? We still sexually reproduce don't we?
because of actions we (developed world) have taken
Stark differences existed between the continents long before colonisation. Stark differences exist in areas that were never colonised.
Some areas that were colonised are now thriving.
As much as we like to flatter ourselves, we are not the cause of all the world's problems.
Nor is the constant haranguing of people who have nothing to do with events decades and centuries past of benefit to anybody.