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  • Shortness a selected advantage?

    From JTEM is so reasonable@21:1/5 to All on Sun Sep 18 22:25:53 2022
    https://youtu.be/1IT41IzTfXA

    In a Quality over Quantity breeding strategy,
    shortness is an advantage.

    How?

    Apparently short people live longer, as a group.
    So if you're a Neanderthals and you want
    to be the first humans for whom grandparents
    aren't unheard of, being short helps.

    And if you're from a sexually selected group,
    being tall is no advantage because getting old
    is a disadvantage...

    No, I'm not saying that Neanderthals were short
    because they weren't sexually selected. I'm saying
    that it is a potential contributor.

    RABBITS!

    Rabbits have big ears that are great for hearing.
    But their also useful for regulating body temperature,
    supposedly. I think of physical adaptations a lot like
    kitchen appliances: If they're single use, they don't
    have a big chance of sticking around...

    I think Neanderthals were cold adapted. And they
    were probably good climbers. And they probably
    beat the living shit out of each other...





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  • From DD'eDeN aka note/nickname/alas_my_l@21:1/5 to JTEM is so reasonable on Sun Sep 18 23:15:32 2022
    On Monday, September 19, 2022 at 1:25:54 AM UTC-4, JTEM is so reasonable wrote:
    https://youtu.be/1IT41IzTfXA

    In a Quality over Quantity breeding strategy,
    shortness is an advantage.

    How?

    Apparently short people live longer, as a group.
    So if you're a Neanderthals and you want
    to be the first humans for whom grandparents
    aren't unheard of, being short helps.

    And if you're from a sexually selected group,
    being tall is no advantage because getting old
    is a disadvantage...

    No, I'm not saying that Neanderthals were short
    because they weren't sexually selected. I'm saying
    that it is a potential contributor.

    RABBITS!

    Rabbits have big ears that are great for hearing.
    But their also useful for regulating body temperature,
    supposedly. I think of physical adaptations a lot like
    kitchen appliances: If they're single use, they don't
    have a big chance of sticking around...

    I think Neanderthals were cold adapted. And they
    were probably good climbers. And they probably
    beat the living shit out of each other...





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    Gravity. A+

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  • From JTEM is so reasonable@21:1/5 to All on Mon Sep 19 11:09:55 2022
    DD'eDeN aka note/nickname/alas_my_loves wrote:

    [...]

    The gravity of the situation, vis a vis your mental health, is
    troubling to say the least.







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