Comment Original post does not describe the NYT article (Score 1) 448
Am I reading the wrong article in the NYT? I can't find any reference to "artificial selection" or "that the current lull in our physical evolution is by 'choice'" in the article, as stated below by the original poster. The NYT article states that the causes of the speedup in evolution are 1) a larger population to select from, 2) disease. What am I missing? I keep looking through the NYT article to find the connection but I just don't see it.
Slur writes "The New York Times reports an insightful theory of Human evolution that gives credit for our accelerated evolution to the evolving brain. By virtue of our aesthetic and utilitarian preferences we ourselves have been responsible for molding the present human form and consciousness. Applied to other species we call it 'artificial selection,' but the new theory implies we did it all quite naturally, unconsciously, and that the exponential evolutionary acceleration we have achieved as a species in recent time is just what you'd expect. It also suggests that the current lull in our physical evolution is by 'choice' as well."
