> lamoran@bioinfo.med.utoronto.ca (Larry Moran) wrote in news:e89dl5$2c6$1
> @darwin.ediacara.org:
>

>> On Sun, 2 Jul 2006 02:09:51 -0400 (EDT),
>> Malcolm btinternet.com> wrote:
>>
>> [snip]
>>

>>> Yes it would. Evolutionary psychologists generally assume that we are
>>> adapted to a hunter-gatherer type lifestyle, and there is plenty of
>>> evidence to suggest that this is the case - it is more common to see
>>> people over-eat than under-eat, for instance, phobias of snkaes and
>>> spiders are more common than phobias about electrical sockets or guns.

>>
>> These are, indeed, typical behaviors that evolutionary psychologists
>> think about.
>>

>>> However we don't know which genes affect behaviour or how, but we know
>>> that there must have been enormous selective pressure on them. ...