Any genes that make people defect by having more children are going to be (and are currently being) positively selected.
This observation should be true throughout the history of the human race, and yet the birth rates in the developed countries did fall off the cliff...
And animals don’t breed well in captivity.
Until they do.
and yet the birth rates in the developed countries did fall off the cliff...
This happened barely half a generational cycle ago. Give evolution time.
Give evolution time.
So what’s your prediction for what will happen when?
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This observation should be true throughout the history of the human race, and yet the birth rates in the developed countries did fall off the cliff...
And animals don’t breed well in captivity.
Until they do.
This happened barely half a generational cycle ago. Give evolution time.
So what’s your prediction for what will happen when?