[Turambar]

maybe i am in the 10%
i get to see my gf in 3 hrs and its the only thing i can think about


arrg, why am i so impatient

[Colonol Dekker]

Thats not impatient, Thats just being part of the great Male Gender, WE can p!$$ standing up, no PMT, no Childbirth, and we get paid more at work, I'm not religous but if i was, i'd swear gods a dude, not a Ho!

[Turambar]

10 minutessss..... *bouncing*

seriously im halfway up already just from anticipation

[Wild Fragaria]

Why?  When did you see her last?

[aldo_14]

Well, this is.......graphic.

[Flipside]

It's 2 months late for Spring is what it is

[Wild Fragaria]

Some people are late bloomers.  As a matter of fact, timing isn't quite an issue for people

[IceFire]

Humans are pretty good at this sort of thing year round...apparently the only other species thats even remotely close is dolphins.  Scientists figure it has to do with the relative intelligence of the species.  The more intelligent...the more they want

But spring and fall are definately times when I find people are hooking up.

[aldo_14]

Humans are pretty good at this sort of thing year round...apparently the only other species thats even remotely close is dolphins.  Scientists figure it has to do with the relative intelligence of the species.  The more intelligent...the more they want

But spring and fall are definately times when I find people are hooking up.

Perhaps it's evolved to be synched-in with when it's easiest to forage, i.e. so that the offspring would be born at the time of year when they would be most able to survive.

Or could be a consequence of general comfort levels, i.e. when the climate is nicest.

[Flipside]

I believe Spring is exactly that reason, mate in March/April, give Birth in December/January when there's no farming or gathering to be done. It basically means that, when the babe and mother are at the most vulnerable, (Late Winter) the Pack is nearby and living on stored food. By the time it comes to Spring, the babe is old enough to be carried on your back while you work.

[Wild Fragaria]

Aldo has good points.  Although now we have better medicare and survival rate, I guess our basic instinct has not been altered too much through evolution  

[aldo_14]

Aldo has good points.  Although now we have better medicare and survival rate, I guess our basic instinct has not been altered too much through evolution 

I think we're too large and disparate a population to physically evolve nowadays, anyways.  Any drastically advantageous physical change would also quite probaly be rejected by the mass of society, too, due to the whole sexual selection process.

[IceFire]

Scientists were showing how evolution continues in the human genome.  They had recently identified a particular genetic trait (what it was they don't know exactly) that didn't exist in most of European humans 1000 years ago but that its now in something like 90% of all European descendants (includes us North Americans - we're just Europeans in a different location).  Based on no scientific observation whatsoever...but I bet its all about producing an enzyme to break down alchohol better

They have also been showing that genetic code is more maleable than once thought.  Evolution is sometimes glacial in its obvious changes but some of the smaller things get passed along fairly quickly.

[aldo_14]

Scientists were showing how evolution continues in the human genome.  They had recently identified a particular genetic trait (what it was they don't know exactly) that didn't exist in most of European humans 1000 years ago but that its now in something like 90% of all European descendants (includes us North Americans - we're just Europeans in a different location).  Based on no scientific observation whatsoever...but I bet its all about producing an enzyme to break down alchohol better

They have also been showing that genetic code is more maleable than once thought.  Evolution is sometimes glacial in its obvious changes but some of the smaller things get passed along fairly quickly.

Mmm, that's interesting.  I would have expected simple geography to prevent a genetic change spreading that far is as 'quickly' as a millenia.

[Flipside]

Unless the environment that encouraged the development of that kind of gene was already in place in the society before it broke up. Something like alcohol tolerance would be a moderately likely candidate actually

[IceFire]

Well considering that Europeans have been drinking themselves stupid for at least 1000 years (and probably far more) and considering that a good number of asians lack the enzyme to break down alchohol properly (thus the whole "asian gene" and the fact that some of them go beat red and can't take much) I wonder if europeans developed a genetic tolerance to alchohol.  Over a 1000 years its doable.

[Janos]

10 minutessss..... *bouncing*

seriously im halfway up already just from anticipation

she's pregnant

[Kosh]

considering that a good number of asians lack the enzyme to break down alchohol properly (thus the whole "asian gene" and the fact that some of them go beat red and can't take much)

That's definatly true. They can't hold their booze......

[aldo_14]

Well considering that Europeans have been drinking themselves stupid for at least 1000 years (and probably far more) and considering that a good number of asians lack the enzyme to break down alchohol properly (thus the whole "asian gene" and the fact that some of them go beat red and can't take much) I wonder if europeans developed a genetic tolerance to alchohol.  Over a 1000 years its doable.

Although alcohol is scarecely a european invention; IIRC the egyptians invented beer, and I'm pretty sure other cultures developed similar drinks as well.

[Wild Fragaria]

Absolutely.  Asians make wine too, from rice, coconuts, and sugarcane.  Chinese makes all kinds of interesting alcohol.

Well, strange enough that I'm a girl and not a European origin but I can drink a fair bit