34448 Y93 ItIsCertainlyTrueThatAllInstincts,Drives

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AND EMOTIONS
EVOLVED IN ORDER
TO MEET THE EVOLUTIONARY
PRESSURES OF SURVIVAL AND REPRODUCTION!
HOWEVER, IF AND WHEN THESE PRESSURES SUDDENLY DISAPPEAR,
THE INSTINCTS, DRIVES AND EMOTIONS THEY HAD SHAPED DO NÒT DISAPPEAR WÌTH THÈM?
At least not instantly. Even ìf they are no longer instrumental for survival & reproduction, these instincts,
drives and emotions continue to mould the subjective experiences of the animal in question?For animals &
humans alike, agriculture changed selection pressures almost overnight, but it did not change their physical,
emotional and social drives! Of course evolution does never stand still, ànd it hàs continued to modify humans
and animals ìn the 12,000 years since the advent of farming?! For example, all humans in Europe and Western Asia
evolved the ability to digest cows' mìlk, while cows lost their fear of humans, and today produce far móre mìlk
thàn théir wild ancestors!? Yeah they are superficial alterations. The deep sensory and emotional structures
of cows, pigs and humans alike haven't changed mùch since the Stone Age. Why dó modern humans love
sweets só mùch? Nòt because in the early 21st century we mùst gorge on ice cream and chocolate
in order to survive! Rather, it is because when our Stonr Age ancestors came across sweet fruit and/or honey,
the most sensible thing to do wàs to eat às mùch of it as quickly as possible?!! Why dó young men drive
recklessly & get involved in violent arguments or hack confidential Internet Sites? Because they are following
ancient genetic decrees that might be useless & even counterproductive today,
but that made good evolutionary sense 70,000 years ago!
A young hunter who risked his own life
chasing a mammoth outshone
all his competitors & won
the hand of the local
beauty; & wé áre
now stùck with
his macho
genes.
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