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> > Surely there must be on going studies in the evolution of humans and I 
> > was wondering where they (and you) think this is taking us as a species.
> 
> Evolution in humans is begining to stop - especially in MEDCs.  The
> health service that we have is making us all live longer lives, and at
> least long enough to have children.  This removes 'natural selection'
> as we all have the same chance of passing on our genes.

This is false: different people have *vastly* different numbers of 
offspring and descendants - and that shows little sign of changing
in the modern world.

Evolutionary change in man may be less due to death - and more due to 
sexual selection than it once was, however.

If anything the difference in reproductive potential between the most and 
least potent is *increasing* - and those who have had the most children 
ever are likely to be among those who have lived relatively recently.

The Guinness book of records mentions Moulay Ismail and a Russian lady
as the record holders.  Both lived fairly recently - and it seems unlikely 
that their feats were bettered in paleolithic times.
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