Chris Barry <chbarry at mackiller.llnl.gov> wrote:
>>> The same hold true
>>>for man... We have evolved and selected the genes necessary to sustain us as
>>We haven't selected a damn thing - the environment has exerted selective
>>pressure on the species. At least that's the way I understand Darwin and
>>Wallace...
>>Isn't that what I said? We as a species.
>You said "we have evolved and selected" which is not true - we have _been_
acted on selectively by the environment; i.e. we _have been_ selected. Big
difference. To get back to the topic, what we need to understand is how extreme
longevity is (apparently) selected against. I think someone addressed that
ealier, though; talking about reproductive tradeoffs.... I'm just concerned
that not being careful about language can lead us into careless and unclear
thinking.
--
Susan Jane Hogarth
Charter member, PETA (People for Eating Tasty Animals)
