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Originally Posted by zen_tom
I'm not entirely sold on this idea, since I think that selection criteria play more of an important role in evolution than the old 'fittest survive' notion. By selection criteria, I mean what men find attractive in women and (perhaps more importantly?) what women find attractive in men.
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I agree. Sexual selection is still operating in human population. People are not mating indiscriminately. If those traits by which people preferentially select a mate are at all heritable, evolution will occur.
Another important consideration to keep in mind: present day is just a blip (not even a blip really) in human evolutionary history. Even if evolution has "stopped" in human populations (which I seriously doubt), it has't stopped for very long.