Did we unintentionally domesticate Aedes aegypti to suck our blood? Why did Aedes aegypti evolve to pray on Human Beings, is it because we like to have sources of water next to us? I wonder if it’s the same selection pressure system responsible for herbicide resistant Amarnath weeds that are the dr…

The term “Artificial Selection” is generally used to mean “selective process intentionally caused by humans” rather than “any selective process in which humans, intentionally or unintentionally play a part.” This usage came about because Darwin, who knew about how plant breeders and animal breeders …

[image] pisum: it’s hard to completely separate humans from nature. So why do we Humans pretend as if we are separate from nature? Are we the only species that does this? [image] dlevitis: So if we unintentionally selected a parasite or weed to harm us, that would still fall under natura…

[image] professor_porcupine: why do we Humans pretend as if we are separate from nature it’s easier to conceptualize a world where humans are special and separate from everything else than to understand everything else and conceptualize how everything fits together.

[image] professor_porcupine: So why do we Humans pretend as if we are separate from nature? Are we the only species that does this? The distinction between artificial and natural selection is not about pretending that humans are separate from nature. [image] professor_porcupine: very int…

[image] dlevitis: selective process intentionally caused by humans” And if humans intentionally domesticated mosquitoes, I have some choice words to say to my ancestors when I die, assuming there is an afterlife.

[image] professor_porcupine: Is this Natural or Artificial Selection, as erect growth habit wasn’t his goal but a nice side-benefit? If the process of selection is intentional, but the outcome is unintended, it is artificial selection, because the human intent to select is the defining differ…

[image] spiphany: The distinction between artificial and natural selection is not about pretending that humans are separate from nature. Than what is it? What does the Homo sapien do in it’s natural enviroment? When I eat my favorite wineberries to spit them out in areas I like, wile avoidin…

[image] professor_porcupine: nasty tasting Blackberries Nasty tasting?? They’re delicious!

not the ones I tried, Dewberries tasted much better than the Rubus pensilvanicus complex species types that grow where I live.

I find some blackberries are pretty good, but others are extremely sour and not very good. Where I live now (VA), I believe there are two species, not sure how to tell them apart but I assume one tastes better than the other. I really like wine berries as well, but always eat the seeds with the frui…

Are mosquitos (Aedes aegypti) natural or artifical selection?

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sethshively August 20, 2025, 11:41pm 20

Pretty much any of the claims they try to make about the distant past

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Are mosquitos (Aedes aegypti) natural or artifical selection?

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