The propensity for this to occur (as it has been continuously since then) lurks in the genes of the survivors of this purge (us) despite the better angels of our nature. The thin veneer of civilization is easily eroded by our base instincts.
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Chomsky’s not going to like this!
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Do you fancy to come to Valparaiso, Chile for a conference. I saw you in Edinburgh 2013 the better angel of our nature.
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What's your take on Sapolsky's Behave?
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It is consistent with that theory, but wouldn't it also be consistent with a lot of males simply not procreating and instead perhaps taking care of relatives? I mean, seems fairly consistent with the "gay uncle" theory.
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I'm not sure that works: uncles are pretty close kin to nephews/nieces—to eliminate Y-variants it'd have to be the whole family of men not procreating, leaving them without children to uncle...
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Well, if a large portion of the potentially breeding pool of males ends up with each other, that would reduce the probability of any specific Y-chromosome from being passed on. Just because there is a small pool of breeding males doesn't mean the rest were killed, etc.
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Hey don't blame the sons for the sins of the father! (Actually, heritable male aggression differences neatly explained...)
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Hello, development of agriculture, animal domestication, and metallurgy.
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Wasn't that 3k years prior?
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Farming? Yes, but it began in very small areas and took millennia to spread fully, and even then was very rudimentary. Horse domestication and bronze technology were the big ones for Eurasia starting ca. 6K ya. A convergence of tech allowed a few lineages to take over.
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My ancestors were badasses.
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Interesting... right around the time we had a shift from matriarchal religions to patriarchal ones...
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Leftists are quick to blame "the mode of production" for bad human behavior. They were way off. Human nature is a bitch.
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Interesting. The meta-theory seems something like 'as technological improvements ease the burdens of survival, the societal value of each individual man is reduced'. Obvious implications for current day.
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Or the flood reduced the population to 8, and the males all had the same y chromosome.
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how do you get all the races on earth from 8 related people? No.
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The daughters-in-law. Really though where does all this genetic variation come frim for an atheist? A rock? What's the gene pool for a rock?
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im not an athiest. I believe like begets like, Noahs flood was regional, and Xtians who believe otherwise never used a Concordance
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It says the flood covered the mountains and destroyed all life. God also promised He would never send another flood like it. How does that sound regional?
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