{"id":73663,"date":"2012-08-29T22:24:29","date_gmt":"2012-08-30T06:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/gnxp\/?p=18099"},"modified":"2012-08-29T22:24:29","modified_gmt":"2012-08-30T06:24:29","slug":"evolution-its-ideological-own-refutation-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.razib.com\/wordpress\/2012\/08\/29\/evolution-its-ideological-own-refutation-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Evolution: its ideological own refutation"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Recently I stumbled<\/a> upon the fact that Honey Boo Boo<\/a>‘s sister had a child at age 18. The grandmother, Honey Boo Boo’s mother, is 33 years old. Younger than I am! Then I see headlines in trashy British tabloids of the form: The three men who have fathered 78 children with 46 different women… and they’re not paying child support to any of them<\/a>. Here I am, in the fullness of man-childhood, a new father, groping to understand evolutionary process in all its glory, and here are they who live evolution!<\/strong> There are those around us who don’t blink at maximizing their fitness in the modern world. Here’s some data from the GSS:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Humans developed from animals<\/strong>
\nNumber of children<\/strong><\/p>\n

0<\/strong>
\n1<\/strong>
\n2<\/strong>
\n3<\/strong>
\n4<\/strong>
\n5<\/strong>
\n6 or more<\/strong><\/p>\n

TRUE<\/em>
\n64.2
\n55.6
\n50.7
\n41.5
\n35.1
\n40.7
\n32.2<\/p>\n

FALSE<\/em>
\n35.8
\n44.4
\n49.3
\n58.5
\n64.9
\n59.3
\n67.8<\/p>\n


\n<\/em><\/p>\n


\n<\/em>
\nAge when first child born<\/strong><\/p>\n


\n<\/em>
\n18 and under<\/strong>
\n19 to 24<\/strong>
\n25 to 29<\/strong>
\n30 to 34<\/strong>
\n35 and above<\/strong>
\n
\n<\/strong>
\n
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

TRUE<\/em>
\n56.6
\n40.1
\n54.2
\n59.2
\n68
\n
\n<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

FALSE<\/em>
\n43.4
\n59.9
\n45.8
\n40.8
\n32
\n
\n<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Go teen parents! Maybe?<\/p>\n

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