Two, if there’s a flap of skin attached to and covering a body part, and this flap appears on very nearly every single male ever, there’s likely a really good reason evolutionary biology brought it about.
I’m not saying this in support of circumcision, but that’s not at all how evolutionary adaptation works. We are full of parts that are no longer useful and are infact sometimes downright more risky to have just because they aren’t likely to negatively impact our ability to procreate.
that’s not at all how evolutionary adaptation works. We are full of parts that are no longer useful and are infact sometimes downright more risky to have just because they aren’t likely to negatively impact our ability to procreate.
Do you plan to provide examples (other than the appendix and tonsils, that can be harmful to have if infected) of these useless organs we’re so full of? And why would I associate the foreskin, which has a clear protective use case, with these many, many other apparently useless/dangerous organs we’re chock full to the brim with?
If you’re going to make a claim about evolutionary adaptation works, you have the burden to back your claim with more than just vague proclamations.
You provided two great examples, the recurrent laryngeal nerve and vagus nerve as well as hiccups, eye colors, some anemias, like sickle-cell or iron deficiency are others. However, your misunderstanding about what evolutionary adaptation (or more accurately, natural selection) is doesn’t mean somebody else has to prove you wrong, just because you define something incorrectly.
And all I pointed out was that your description of evolution by natural selection was wrong, the natural selection process doesn’t care about the existence of things that don’t decrease reproductive fitness, so those features won’t be selected against. So saying the fact a foreskin still exists therefore it must be useful isn’t supported by the way genetic evolution by natural selection works.
In fact hiccups are a really good comparison. I’d say everyone had or will have hiccups at least once in their life. For some people they may even get stuck with them for an extended time.
But they are adaptation from an amphibian ancestor of ours that needed them to be able to transition from breathing in water to breathing on land. (See your inner fish by Neil shubin)
I’m not saying this in support of circumcision, but that’s not at all how evolutionary adaptation works. We are full of parts that are no longer useful and are infact sometimes downright more risky to have just because they aren’t likely to negatively impact our ability to procreate.
Do you plan to provide examples (other than the appendix and tonsils, that can be harmful to have if infected) of these useless organs we’re so full of? And why would I associate the foreskin, which has a clear protective use case, with these many, many other apparently useless/dangerous organs we’re chock full to the brim with?
If you’re going to make a claim about evolutionary adaptation works, you have the burden to back your claim with more than just vague proclamations.
You provided two great examples, the recurrent laryngeal nerve and vagus nerve as well as hiccups, eye colors, some anemias, like sickle-cell or iron deficiency are others. However, your misunderstanding about what evolutionary adaptation (or more accurately, natural selection) is doesn’t mean somebody else has to prove you wrong, just because you define something incorrectly.
And all I pointed out was that your description of evolution by natural selection was wrong, the natural selection process doesn’t care about the existence of things that don’t decrease reproductive fitness, so those features won’t be selected against. So saying the fact a foreskin still exists therefore it must be useful isn’t supported by the way genetic evolution by natural selection works.
Sources aren’t even hard to find:
Don’t think they expected a reply like this lol… Evolution is fucking awesome
In fact hiccups are a really good comparison. I’d say everyone had or will have hiccups at least once in their life. For some people they may even get stuck with them for an extended time.
But they are adaptation from an amphibian ancestor of ours that needed them to be able to transition from breathing in water to breathing on land. (See your inner fish by Neil shubin)