Wilson says \"Some individuals inherit epigenetic rules enabling them to survive

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Wilson says "Some individuals inherit epigenetic rules enabling them to survive and reproduce better in she surrounding environment and culture than individuals who lack those rules, or at least possess them in weaker valence. By this means, over many generations, the more successful epigenetic rules have spread through the population along with the genes that prescribe the rules. As a consequence the human species has evolved genetically by natural selection in behavior, just as it has in the anatomy and physiology of the brain." Thinking back to what Ridley said about how 'evolution possesses great information about the past but knows nothing of the future', reflect on the idea that evolution can take generations, but our species has created a lot of environmental change in a short period of time at a global scale in recent years. In the past, humans and their impacts were mostly localized in scale, but our impact is now global. Also, in the past, human populations died out as impacts at the local level became too intense (see the "Easter Island" example on Wikipedia). Reflecting on all this, to what extent is human nature well suited to meet the demands of the future? In answering this question, think critically, don't just say "we're not good" or something simple like that.

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