Re:Forearm artery reveals human evolution continues?
by fleischhauf on Saturday October 10, 2020 @03:26PM
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Replacement makes sense, your friend with extra artery will survive in case of a critical surgery and might have another kid while you'd die with no extra kid. Does not need to happen to you but on average.
Your friend with better bloodflow might also have a stronger erection and therefore on average more kids (pulling this out of my ass obviously). You dont need to have any obvious disadvantages, on average it might still work better..
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Re:Forearm artery reveals human evolution continues?
by learc83 on Saturday October 10, 2020 @03:54PM
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If we're talking about a trend strong enough that most humans will have this trait in 80 years, then if natural selection is driving it, none of those advantages are great enough to explain that.
The most likely answer is that natural selection isn't directly driving this specific trait.