The "evolution has stopped" meme looks so stupid in restrospect I wonder how otherwise OK people when talking about biology bought it.
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Replying to @SilverVVulpes
Remember it wasn't just Gould, but people like David Attenborough.Or Ernst Mayr. If differential reproduction changes the concentrations of…
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alelles from one generation to the next, you've got evolution right there. It can be natural, sexual, artificial selection, doesn't matter.
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It doesn't require people dying of tuberculosis or tigers to evolution to go on. All it matters is if some genotypes have more fitness.
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Saying we have gotten over evolution because of modern medicine and cities is like saying we no longer follow gravity because of planes.
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@SilverVVulpes reproduction is more differential than ever in the past couple centuries with some couples having 15+ kids on the frontiers1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@SilverVVulpes less variance in reproduction in the past few decades in developed countries with everybody surviving, mating, having ~2 kids1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@SilverVVulpes but there's been a rise in selecting into childlessness in that time and there's still some variance, plus country-to-country
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