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To: longnshort who wrote (132038)	5/7/2004 11:09:44 AM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

It is fundamental tenet of evolutionary theory that the environment does not produce evolutionary change. Besides, the climate on the Eastern seaboard was similar to that of the British Isles, especially in the Middle Atlantic states and southern New England. Did the Native Americans in that part of North America become little Englishmen? Were the tribes along the coast, from the Iroquois to the Seminoles, even that similar, culturally?

To: longnshort who wrote (132038)	5/7/2004 10:14:19 PM
From: Tom C	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Please provide ANY study on the evolution of the brain, the part of the brain the determines, Drive, hard work, intelligence, emotion, humor, the ability to work with others. etc.. I thought social Darwinism was discredited a while back? All that matters are the ability to stay alive and reproduce a generation that also can stay alive long enough to reproduce. Think bacteria, protozoa and insects. They seem to be doing splendidly, evolutionarily speaking. There are a whole lot of species that don't work hard, show intelligence, emotion, humor etc. When was the last time someone described a mushroom as hard working with a sense of humor? Where is the evidence that Mother Nature (Natural selection) favors those traits.

To: longnshort who wrote (132038)	5/8/2004 6:32:16 AM
From: blue red	Respond to of 281500

I've missed the beginning of this thread, and hope I'm on point. Oh so a couple of 100,000 years in a cold climate would have no effect on the brain. It certainly did in the case of Neanderthals, who evolved in Northern Europe to have short, stocky bodies, which are most efficient in cold climates, and very large brains. But Homo sapiens has only existed for 100,000 years or so, lived in Africa, and only appeared in Europe 40-50 thousand years ago, large brain and all. Please provide ANY study on the evolution of the brain, the part of the brain the determines, Drive, hard work, intelligence, emotion, humor, the ability to work with others. etc.. There is a mountain of such studies, but you’d probably find studies in professional journals difficult to penetrate, if you’re like me. I recommend three books: Robert Wright’s “The Moral Animal,” Steven Pinker’s “The Blank Slate,” and E.O. Wilson’s “On Human Nature,” in that order of preference.