[FRIAM] gene-culture coevolution

[Pieter Steenekamp]

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.

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?

On Tue, 8 Jun 2021 at 04:25, Prof David West <profwest at fastmail.fm> wrote:

> 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.
>
> davew
>
>
> 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
> >
> > Paywalled Paper:
> > https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2021.0538
> >
> > Accessible version:
> >
> https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1039&context=eco_facpub
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