Meme-gene coevolution (Was: Static memes question)

David Deutsch <david.deutsch-LR/[email protected]> Fri, 14 Jun 2013 09:00:07 +0100
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On 13 Jun 2013, at 22:41, hibbsa <hibbsa-/[email protected]> wrote:

> --- In [email protected], David Deutsch <david.deutsch@...> wrote:
>> 
>> Genes and memes do sometimes co-evolve, though.
> 
> Oh say? What sort of scenario are you thinking of?

One example is that the hardware we use for speaking co-evolved with the evolution of languages.

An interesting one that was pointed out to me recently was that genes in dogs for following the direction of a human's gaze co-evolved with the human behavior of keeping dogs.

-- David Deutsch