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Humans are subject to the forces of natural selection just like any other species, say scientists. A popular misconception is that humans stopped evolving when they took up farming and embraced monogamy. But evidence from detailed church records of almost 6,000 Finns born between 1760 and 1849 suggests this is not so. Researchers analysed data on economic status, births, deaths and marriages to examine four key natural selection factors: survival to adulthood, mate access, mating success, and fertility. They found that the Finns' natural selection opportunities were on a par with those seen in the wild. Differences in early survival and fertility were responsible for most of the variation in fitness, even among wealthy individuals. Strict adherence to monogamy did not limit the potential for natural selection. Dr Virpi Lummaa, from the University of Sheffield's department of animal and plant sciences, said: ''We have shown advances have not challenged the fact that our species is still evolving, just like all the other species 'in the wild'. It is a common misunderstanding that evolution took place a long time ago, and that to understand ourselves we must look back to the hunter-gatherer days of humans.'' She added: ''We have shown significant selection has been taking place in very recent populations, and likely still occurs, so humans continue to be affected by both natural and sexual selection. Although the specific pressures, the factors making some individuals able to survive better, or have better success at finding partners and produce more kids, have changed across time and differ in different populations.'' The findings are published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Co-author Dr Alexandre Courtiol, from the Wissenschaftskolleg Institute for Advanced Study in Berlin, Germany, said: ''Characteristics increasing the mating success of men are likely to evolve faster than those increasing the mating success of women. "This is because mating with more partners was shown to increase reproductive success more in men than in women. Surprisingly, however, selection affected wealthy and poor people in the society to the same extent.'' Finland has some of the best available data for such research thanks to detailed church records of births, deaths, marriages and wealth status which were kept for tax purposes. Movement in the country was also very limited until the 20th century.
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Muškarci postaju sve ljepši i inteligentniji Ljudi i dalje ne prestaju evoluirati. Naprotiv! Muškarci postaju sve ljepši i inteligentniji kako bi bili uspješniji u reprodukciji, dok kod žena te karakteristike nemaju isti efekt. Ljudi su i dalje podložni prirodnoj selekciji kao i ostale vrste, tvrde znanstvenici, pa i u modernom dobu preživljavaju samo najjači. Sukladno tome, brak nije usporio prirodni nagon za selekcijom, preživljavanjem i razmnožavanjem. Stručnjaci ističu kako su nedavno otkrili da upravo zbog toga muškarci izgledaju sve bolje i bolje. Oni se razvijaju i postaju privlačniji, ljepši i inteligentniji, kako bi bili što uspješniji u razmnožavanju. Seks s više partnera povećava vjerojatnost boljeg reproduktivnog uspjeha. Ipak, kod žena to nije tako. Finski znanstvenici koji proučavaju ljude i evoluciju detaljno su pregledali podatke 6000 Finaca rođenih između 1760. i 1849. godine. Provjerili su njihove ekonomske statuse, datume rođenja, smrti kao i bračni status kako bi ustanovili osnovne faktore prirodne selekcije, a to su odrasla dob, uspješnost u pronalaženju partnera, uspješnost razmnožavanja i plodnosti. Podaci su bili isti i kod Finaca koji su živjeli u gradovima, kao i kod onih koji su živjeli u ruralnim područjima. Ta zemlja inače ima jedan od boljih sustava skladištenja podataka zahvaljujući detaljnim crkvenim zapisima koji su se vodili zbog poreznih zaduženja. "Potpuna je zabluda da je evolucija davno završena i da moramo gledati unatrag, kako bismo razumjeli sebe. Na ljude i dalje djeluje i prirodna i seksualna selekcija", objasnila je dr. Lummaa sa Sveučilišta Sheffield. Koautor studije dr. Courtioul kaže da poboljšavanje karakteristika muškaraca povećava uspješnost razmnožavanja i da oni zato evoluiraju brže, dok te osobine ne povećavaju uspješnost razmnožavanja kod žena. "To je zato što seks s više partnera dokazano povećava reproduktivni uspjeh više kod muškaraca nego kod žena. Iznenađujuće, isto se podjednako odnosi i na bogate i na siromašne", dodaje Courtioul.