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		nooneelse on Nov 29, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Human Evolution Enters an Exciting New Phase Indeed, and we are probably facing new selection pressures. Such as the propensity toward addictions to substances our ancestors would not have had (http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/nov/28/painkiller-add...).

tshaddox on Nov 30, 2012 [–]

Not to mention the constant arms race with biological pathogens.

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