Health deteriorates
when cultural evolution becomes the driver and certain adaptations, like an ingrained taste for sweets, become mismatches.
Not exact matches
While such a provisional teleology is a useful starting point, it is only partially complete
when viewed in the larger context of biological and
cultural evolutions.
When one studies the history of
cultural evolution and the changes that have been wrought in the church, the parallels are striking.
I read the book
when I was pregnant (again thankfully) and was shocked to learn how many common parenting beliefs I'd assumed were simply «facts» were completely (U.S.)
cultural and even flew in the face of our basic biology /
evolution.
Resonating with some of the
cultural concerns of the late 1960's
when the film was made, Planet of the Apes sets up the classic battle of
evolution verses religion, which may prove offensive to some (although the story's construct leaves room to argue that faith and science are not as different as the opinions of those who interrupt them).