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Re:Signatures of positive selection in autism spectrum disor... by maratd on Friday February 23, 2018 @02:37PM (#16448734)
> There's less selection pressure now because there's less mortality.

There are two pathways to selection. You're only focusing on one. Sexual selection is alive and well.

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Re:Signatures of positive selection in autism spectrum disor... by mnw21cam on Friday February 23, 2018 @02:52PM (#16448862)
Have you ever seen the film "Idiocracy"?
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Re:Signatures of positive selection in autism spectrum disor... by spamizbad on Friday February 23, 2018 @03:03PM (#16449006)
Are you familiar with the Flynn Effect?
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Re:Signatures of positive selection in autism spectrum disor... by mnw21cam on Friday February 23, 2018 @03:15PM (#16449138)
Which seems to have stopped over the last 20 years or so.
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Re:Signatures of positive selection in autism spectrum disor... by danieltillett on Friday February 23, 2018 @03:56PM (#16449552)
…and which only ever applied to the low g fraction anyway.
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Re:Signatures of positive selection in autism spectrum disor... by sctb on Friday February 23, 2018 @06:26PM (#16450525)
We've already asked you to please follow the guidelines or don't post. Could you please read them and then start commenting civilly and substantively?

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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