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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (3199)	1/10/2006 1:58:45 PM
From: Gib Bogle	Read Replies (2) of 219224

"one has to keep in mind the peacock's tail." I was waiting for you to mention that. The tail got bigger because the males with big tails had a better chance of getting a mate, and despite the other disadvantages of the big tail. Males with small tails didn't mate at all. In the case of human beings in NZ, it could well be that males with bigger tails (better genes for intelligence) find it easier to attract mates. But the tails will only get bigger if: (a) Mating leads to offspring - choice and contraception interfere here (b) Small-tail males don't mate. One way or the other, big-tails have to have more offspring than small-tails. I don't see this happening in NZ, or the USA, or Europe (except for men with very small tails, the bottom couple of percent). I'm prepared to believe it is still the case in Africa. Social, cultural and technological factors have greatly altered the old picture. Of course, we can always redefine "intelligence" to mean "having lots of kids" ;-)

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