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Re:T cells block nerve cell regeneration with age, but can b... by klipt on Saturday May 14, 2022 @09:33AM (#31377762)
Not at all, in fact modern society has added many new evolutionary pressures. E.g. by inventing birth control, society gave an evolutionary advantage to people who refuse to use birth control for religious reasons, or people whose biology is incompatible with birth control, e.g. a woman for whom the pill just doesn't work, is likely to have more children.
Re:T cells block nerve cell regeneration with age, but can b... by throw827474737 on Tuesday May 17, 2022 @02:24AM (#31406686)
Yes but come on, that is so different that it shouldn't be even termed "evolutionary pressure" (in the usual original sense of survival of the fittest)?!
Re:T cells block nerve cell regeneration with age, but can b... by klipt on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @03:58PM (#31509742)
Why? Fitness is and always has been relative to the environment in which one lives. It just happens that our environment is now largely man-made.
Re:T cells block nerve cell regeneration with age, but can b... by leaflets2 on Sunday May 15, 2022 @04:24PM (#31390738)
And gave a disadvantage to brighter women who study at university and do research, and postpone making kids