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Quote by: dilligras One might contend also that the influences on exactly which traits are ultimately passed on may have a socialogical aspect in the case of humans and other social animals. |
From an evolutionary perspective, the development of sociological morals and ethics is potentially catastrophic to natural selection.
As we get smarter as a species, we have developed better medicine. This means that diseases that normally would have killed people are now passed on through generations.
One has to wonder what would have been bred out of humans without the interference of modern medicine.
That's one of the reasons why gene therapy for diseases will be so incredible... no more passing on those bad genes, and people don't have to die for the sake of evolution.