[FRIAM] gene-culture coevolution

[Pieter Steenekamp]

Nick, I'm not sure I follow your logic. It seems you imply behaviour cannot
be caused by genes? Help me if I understand you wrong. The way I see it is
that the behaviour of the prairie dogs is caused mainly by their genes,
that's why it changes very slowly.

Human behaviour on the other hand is caused to a much larger extent, but
certainly not exclusively, we are not born blank slates, by culture that's
why it changes much faster.




On Tue, 8 Jun 2021 at 17:36, <thompnickson2 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dispatch from the bog.  Assumption that behavioral adaptation is necessary
> quicker than genetic gratuitous  STOP in region of west where there have
> been no rattle snakes for a zillion years, prairie dogs still have
> behavioral defenses long after their venom resistance has faded STOP yes I
> can think of other explanations STOP there are always other explanations
> STOP  Also, genes are relations not things  STOP
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> Nick
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> Nick Thompson
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> ThompNickSon2 at gmail.com
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> https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/
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> *From:* Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> *On Behalf Of *Pieter Steenekamp
> *Sent:* Tuesday, June 8, 2021 12:40 AM
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> *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] gene-culture coevolution
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> The paper makes intuitive sense for me. Human traits are a complex
> function of genes and culture. Genetic evolution has stopped, or is very
> weak, and culture is evolving very fast. The changes in future human traits
> will therefore almost exclusively be determined by cultural evolution.
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> But, this is assuming humans are not going to modify their genes, or the
> genes of their children. With current technology it's probably very risky
> to do that, but what will the future hold?
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> On Tue, 8 Jun 2021 at 04:25, Prof David West <profwest at fastmail.fm> wrote:
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> I have been trying to make the point about culture - not only for
> evolution, but for cognition as well. Had many an argument with Nick on
> this topic at Mother Church.
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> davew
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> On Mon, Jun 7, 2021, at 2:17 PM, uǝlƃ ☤>$ wrote:
> > Researchers: Culture drives human evolution more than genetics
> > https://phys.org/news/2021-06-culture-human-evolution-genetics.html
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> > Paywalled Paper:
> > https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2021.0538
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> > Accessible version:
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> https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1039&context=eco_facpub
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