Smaller brains = liberals?

[CG6468]

Population study suggests humans are still evolving
Trends on Quebec island point to genetic cause for reproductive shifts
   
Humans, like all other organisms on Earth, are subject to the pressures of evolution. New research suggests that even in relatively modern societies, humans are still changing and evolving in response to the environment.

"Whether humans could or could not evolve in modern times could have interesting implications," study researcher Emmanuel Milot, of the University of Quebec in Montreal, told LiveScience. It could help us understand changing trends for the different traits of a population.

By studying an island population in Quebec, the researchers found a genetic push toward younger age at first reproduction and larger families. This is the first direct evidence of natural selection in action in a relatively modern human population.

Past studies have hinted our species continues to evolve, with research showing changes to hundreds of genes in the human genome over the past 10,000 years; in addition, skull measurements suggest our brains have been shrinking over the last 5,000 years or so.

One of the mysteries of life resolved?

EXPLANATION

[DefiantSix]

..."By studying an island population in Quebec, the researchers found a genetic push toward younger age at first reproduction and larger families. This is the first direct evidence of natural selection in action in a relatively modern human population.

One of the mysteries of life resolved?

EXPLANATION

Except for that whole "larger families" thing, I'm kinda wondering if these scientists may have stumbled upon the IRL location of Skinner's Island of Misfit ****-ups.

[JohnnyReb]

...but all liberals have big heads...filled with just meat I guess, ergo, "meatheads".

[vesta111]

...but all liberals have big heads...filled with just meat I guess, ergo, "meatheads".

  Woman just want to survive baring 6+ kids.  Give men labor pains for each child they create and life on earth would go extinct.  [23]

[JohnnyReb]

  Woman just want to survive baring 6+ kids.  Give men labor pains for each child they create and life on earth would go extinct.  [23]

Give men multiple orgasms + gang bangs = population explosion.

[vesta111]

Give men multiple orgasms + gang bangs = population explosion.

What are you doing Johnny, recruiting for a Lesbo Island ????

[CG6468]

...baring 6+ kids.

And people wonder why I ignore this writer.