Both of these distinctive features act to preserve bone health under conditions of very high rainfall and little sunlight. Those with light skin are able to produce more Vitamin D after exposure to sunlight than the competition: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Etienne_Cavalier/publication/258054176_Skin_Color_Is_Relevant_to_Vitamin_D_Synthesis/links/544a06e60cf2ea65413426e5/Skin-Color-Is-Relevant-to-Vitamin-D-Synthesis.pdf …
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The population that has probably been under the most ruthless selection again schiz per se are the Finns, who along with their Estonian cousins have the highest PISA scores in Europe. Pfiffer also calculated them as having highest the Edu Attainment PGS of any Europeans.
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Schizophrenia risk increases with every IQ dropped and the same genes that increase schiz risk also impair mental function in normals:https://www.nature.com/articles/s41380-018-0332-x …
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Selection against nuttiness may also help to explain the distinctive Nordic personality: in other words, why they’re so boring. The positives to being sane are obvious; the downsides are that you find yourself living in a country where people stare at a burning log on Christmas.
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There's a lot more to write about this, but these are the big points. In my next dealie I'm going to try to figure out what changed around 1985 that led to the current autism explosion and explain how it affected even non-autistic millenials.
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