【米大学】「人間の進化に遺伝的変異は必要ない」という主張　人間を進化させたのは”文化”⁉

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Waring research finds culture driving human evolution more than genetics - Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions - University of Maine

In a new study, UMaine researchers Tim Waring and Zach Wood found that culture helps humans adapt to their environment and overcome challenges better and faster

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Waring research finds culture driving human evolution more than genetics
June 17, 2021 News
Tim Waring

In a new study, UMaine researchers Tim Waring and Zach Wood found that culture helps humans adapt to their environment and overcome challenges better and faster than genetics.

“In the very long term, we suggest that humans are evolving from individual genetic organisms to cultural groups which function as superorganisms, similar to ant colonies and beehives,” Waring says.

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In a new study, University of Maine researchers found that culture helps humans adapt to their environment and overcome challenges better and faster than geneti

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“This research explains why humans are such a unique species. We evolve both genetically and culturally over time, but we are slowly becoming ever more cultural and ever less genetic,” Waring says.
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Culture has influenced how humans survive and evolve for millenia. According to Waring and Wood, the combination of both culture and genes has fueled several key adaptations in humans such as reduced aggression, cooperative inclinations, collaborative abilities and the capacity for social learning. Increasingly, the researchers suggest, human adaptations are steered by culture, and require genes to accommodate.

うーん。色々な考え方があるものですね。
進化とは何かという哲学的な問題もある気がします。