Recent human evolution
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Recent human evolution refers to evolutionary adaptation, sexual and natural selection, and genetic drift within Homo sapiens populations, since their separation and dispersal in the Middle Paleolithi
Cave paintings (such as this one from France) represent a benchmark in the evolutionary history of human cognition.
Various theories have been proposed to explain the short stature of pygmies and negritos. Some studies suggest that it could be related to adaptation to low ultraviolet light levels in tropical rainforests.
Teosinte (left) was cultivated and evolved into modern corn (right).
Populations that cultivated carbohydrate-rich food crops such as rice evolved to produce the enzyme amylase in their saliva.
Flynn effect
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The Flynn effect is the substantial and long-sustained increase in both fluid and crystallized intelligence test scores that were measured in many parts of the world over the 20th century, named after
Recent human evolution
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Jim Flynn U of Otago