‘Global warming’ could cause humans to develop webbed feet, cat’s eyes and gills

[hawkeye2009]

Originally Posted by jacqueg

The idea that immunological function is a major factor in natural selection is entirely unremarkable. And it is still operative. I am surprised that a person with a medical degree objects to this. Your blanket statement that natural selection has stopped for humans is simply untrue on its face. (And, IMO, nonsensical.)

Parenthetically, while just about all of us assume that intelligence has been a driving factor in human evolution thus far, it is by no means certain that the intelligence components we measure with IQ tests are exactly the same components that nature is selecting for. There's a good case that social intelligence is far more important for survival than IQ scores.

OTOH, it turns out that immunological function may be a good predictor of IQ scores. Why Is Average IQ Higher in Some Places? - Scientific American

For anecdata, I give you Stephen Hawking. I for one am very glad that modern technology and social systems have kept him alive - even though I understand barely a quarter of what he has to say.

(BTW, it's Ms. Science Teacher to you.)

Edited to add - I'm not sure why a person who agrees that "Fitness' simply refers to the propagation and perpetuation of genetic material, not the percieved beneficial attributes of those genes" is worried about decreases in IQ scores. The name of the game is indeed gene frequency, and while we all like our brains, there is no cosmic requirement that humans should have high IQ scores. Or that low IQ scores should decrease biological fitness.

Oh my goodness! You TAUGHT genetics????!!! I guess you completely missed the MAIN reason, in human evolution, why homo-sapiens became the dominant hominid, and subsequently the dominant species on the planet?


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitness_(biology)

[The Dark Enlightenment]

Originally Posted by pghquest

Which is my issue with the "Noahs Ark" story..

There are actually quite a few issues with that story:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_BzWUuZN5w

[jacqueg]

Originally Posted by hawkeye2009

Oh my goodness! You TAUGHT genetics????!!! I guess you completely missed the MAIN reason, in human evolution, why homo-sapiens became the dominant hominid, and subsequently the dominant species on the planet?


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitness_(biology)

Your link leads to a stub.

Try some Dawkins. He's a lot more informative than a wiki stub.

[Yabbhadou]

Originally Posted by hawkeye2009

Oh my goodness! You TAUGHT genetics????!!! I guess you completely missed the MAIN reason, in human evolution, why homo-sapiens became the dominant hominid, and subsequently the dominant species on the planet?


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitness_(biology)

Do we use the piltdown man as the transition fossil?

[Electrician4you]

Originally Posted by pghquest

and the left accuses the right of fear mongering..

Claim: ‘Global warming’ could cause humans to develop webbed feet, cat’s eyes and gills | Climate Depot

Ooh could it get any dumber..

Democrats to defend this in 3-2-1...

They're bringing back the Man from Atlantis TV show? Cool.

[Toyman at Jewel Lake]

Originally Posted by pghquest

and the left accuses the right of fear mongering..

Claim: ‘Global warming’ could cause humans to develop webbed feet, cat’s eyes and gills | Climate Depot

Ooh could it get any dumber..

Democrats to defend this in 3-2-1...

Oh man, wouldn't that be so freekin' cool? Breath underwater and see in the dark? Drill baby, drill!

[Dumbdowndemocrats]

Originally Posted by pknopp

Webbed feet would be kind of cool. So would being able to breath under water and a cats night vision.

I'm in.

...downside you will cough up hair balls the rest of your aquatic life.