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by yeroco on May 20th, 2008
Since language, tools and smarts worked so well for humans why has nothing else benefited from these advantages and bred on?
by -O-uknow on March 25th, 2012
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If evolution is true, then why do women dressed up as cats look so hot, huh? What evolutionary advantage could there be to boinking cats?
by Amorphous Blob on February 9th, 2012
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What "evolutionary" changes do you see the human race undergoing in the next 1000 years?
by bladecloudstar777 on March 12th, 2012
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If the rule is survival of the fittest how come everyone seems so unfit?
by Ombliss22 on February 1st, 2012
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What's it called when an organism (animal, plant) adapts to a new environment within it's own lifetime?
by Marky Mark on January 29th, 2012
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You're reading I read in "The Third Chimpanzee" that every aspect of humanity was shaped by evolution for a specific reason (that helped humanity survive.) What, then, is the reason for the part of the brain that causes us to believe in the supernatural?
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I did! Thank you very much.
by Essence on May 20th, 2008
You might also find this wikipedia entry a good jumping off point:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neurotheology
Check out the link on the "God helmet" too.. interesting stuff.
by yeroco on May 20th, 2008
Also read "How We Believe" by Michael Shermer. This question falls within a newly emerging science known as evolutionary psychology.
by xprofessor on May 20th, 2008