Cochran-Harpending Theory of Recent Selective Pressure Supported
17th November 2021
A widespread view is that, yeah, sure, human genetic evolution used to be important, but then we invented culture maybe 10,000 years ago when we invented agriculture, and since then it’s been all cultural evolution. C0chran and Harpending argued instead in the Ten Thousand Year Explosion that recent rapid cultural evolution brought about moreselection pressure for genetic evolution. Today’s new paper is in line with their view.