tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3515271.post4199404563553219310..comments2023-09-28T05:59:16.626-04:00Comments on Nomad Homebody: natural selectionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3515271.post-65522265173622486632007-06-29T13:33:00.000-04:002007-06-29T13:33:00.000-04:00i might take lactose tolerance off the list. its l...i might take lactose tolerance off the list. its lack is still a bitch to deal with in the developed world, and i'm not sure it hasn't become relatively universal, where the local food supply requires it, even in underdeveloped places. <BR/><BR/>or maybe it just pales in comparison to good childbearing hips (TM).<BR/><BR/>i might also add fully functioning limbs to the list, as the inability to work with one's hands or get around on one's feet is a lot more surmountable in productivity and mating and reproduction terms in the developed world (in some ways).<BR/><BR/>and yeah, i think this is all relevant. the easy childbirth piece, for example, lets us develop a class-based fascination with thinness. more generally, these phenomena flatten out the age curve in the population by lowering infant and child mortality, thereby (among other things) freeing some women to work outside the home. they also make "weak constitution" and physical disabilities less relevant in developed societies, which has some interesting effects on what our version of meritocracy looks like.<BR/><BR/>also, i can't wait to see you.ameliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12668900001816363002noreply@blogger.com