Humans have evolved at a faster rate than many other animals due to cultural niche construction
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SUPPORTED
the evidence backs this
confidence 90/100
Theoretical models and empirical genetic evidence support the view that cultural niche construction has accelerated human evolutionary dynamics.
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Cultural niche construction and human evolution
2001 · cited by 258
This foundational study demonstrates theoretically that cultural niche construction can operate faster than natural selection and trigger rapid evolutionary changes.
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Gene-Culture Coevolution
2018 · cited by 0
This chapter reviews genomic and anthropological evidence showing that human cultural activities have driven exceptionally rapid, recent natural selection (selective sweeps).