Re:Humans are more closely related than we commonly think
by gdrift on Tuesday October 06, 2020 @07:17AM
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> genes that don't confer any particular advantage tend to peter out when inserted into large populations
Not sure that's true.
Natural selection is not the only force driving evolution.
Neutral and nearly neutral (slightly deleterious) alleles can be fixed in a population by random genetic drift.
Source: https://sandwalk.blogspot.com/2020/10/on-importance-of-rando...
Re:Humans are more closely related than we commonly think
by wahern on Tuesday October 06, 2020 @05:32AM
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> not confer any particular advantage, like maybe shape of your nose
Nose shapes are selected for by temperature and humidity. That's probably not the only selection pressure, but it's a major one.
Also also genes that don't confer any particular advantage tend to peter out when inserted into large populations.
Above my pay grade but I think that argues that the genetic difference that do exist tend to either not confer any particular advantage, like maybe shape of your nose, hair color. Or confer some limited advantage, skin pigmentation for instance seems to be strongly associated with solar radiation and dietary availability of Folic Acid and Vit D.