Re: poly: Why Oldies Stations?

CurtAdams writes:
> Perry writes:
> >Its hard to know whether or not it has an evolutionary purpose per
> >se, given that our distant ancestors tended to die in their 20s
> >anyway.
>
> It wasn't like Logan's Run. Significant numbers of adults made it
> past thirty, and hunter-gatherer groups generally have survivors into
> their 60s and 70s. Evolution operates quite handily even when the
> evolving genes affect only a small portion of the population.

I'll point out that anything that impacts you after you stop being
able to breed doesn't pass on directly very well.

Perry
Received on Sat Apr 4 23:20:13 1998