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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker Jun 2

    New genetic evidence for prehistoric violence: Reduced diversity of Y-chromosomes 7K years ago from competition among patrlineal clans (a few clans of related males wiped out the rest). https://www.sciencealert.com/neolithic-y-chromosome-bottleneck-warring-patrilineal-clans/amp?__twitter_impression=true …

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      2. Peter DiDomenica‏ @pdidomenica Jun 2
        Replying to @sapinker

        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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      1. Steve Green‏ @EstiviG Jun 2
        Replying to @sapinker

        Chomsky’s not going to like this!

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      1. edgardo toro quezada‏ @etoroq Jun 2
        Replying to @sapinker

        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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      1. This is just virtual babble‏ @ddmlxr Jun 2
        Replying to @sapinker

        What's your take on Sapolsky's Behave?

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      2. Daniel Goldman‏ @alc_anthro Jun 2
        Replying to @sapinker

        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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      3. VOTE Nov 6th · Cody Reisdorf (Merkwürdigliebe)‏ @nescientswot Jun 2
        Replying to @alc_anthro @sapinker

        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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      4. Daniel Goldman‏ @alc_anthro Jun 2
        Replying to @nescientswot @sapinker

        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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      2. Toxic 🚫Centrism‏ @ExcludedMuddle Jun 2
        Replying to @sapinker

        Hey don't blame the sons for the sins of the father! (Actually, heritable male aggression differences neatly explained...)

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      2. Lucas Wells‏ @lanticavirtu Jun 2
        Replying to @sapinker @primalpoly

        Hello, development of agriculture, animal domestication, and metallurgy.

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      3. Alfred E Newman‏ @Time2worry Jun 2
        Replying to @lanticavirtu @sapinker @primalpoly

        Wasn't that 3k years prior?

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      4. Lucas Wells‏ @lanticavirtu Jun 2
        Replying to @Time2worry @sapinker @primalpoly

        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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      1. Mat Heart‏ @Mat_Heart Jun 5
        Replying to @sapinker @primalpoly

        My ancestors were badasses.

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      1. Marcus Van‏ @PolarVan Jun 2
        Replying to @sapinker @cherokee_autumn

        Interesting... right around the time we had a shift from matriarchal religions to patriarchal ones...

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      1. watapon‏ @watapon91595195 Jun 2
        Replying to @sapinker

        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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      2. Fauxmaha‏ @J3ffMiller Jun 2
        Replying to @sapinker

        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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      2. David Mangis‏ @dahelmang Jun 2
        Replying to @sapinker @clairlemon

        Or the flood reduced the population to 8, and the males all had the same y chromosome.

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      3. jayynecobb‏ @JayyneCobb Jun 3
        Replying to @dahelmang @sapinker @clairlemon

        how do you get all the races on earth from 8 related people? No.

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      4. David Mangis‏ @dahelmang Jun 3
        Replying to @JayyneCobb @sapinker @clairlemon

        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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      5. jayynecobb‏ @JayyneCobb Jun 3
        Replying to @dahelmang @sapinker @clairlemon

        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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      6. David Mangis‏ @dahelmang Jun 3
        Replying to @JayyneCobb @sapinker @clairlemon

        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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