[Retric]

> because we managed to eliminate natural selection.

Evolution is alive and well. Drunk driving for example kills young people. Disease similarly kills plenty of people to kick evolution into action. Suicide is tragic enough people don’t think of it as evolutionary pressure, but dead is dead.

Etc. Etc. It’s not as obvious as dealing with actual lions, but the developed world is well below the replacement rate. That’s some serious evolutionary pressure.

[pixl97]

The largest group of drunk driving deaths is 25-35 so already I'm not sure how much of an affect that is.

[Retric]

First what matters is the sum of all deaths by a specific age not deaths at a specific age.

Anyway, the average age of fathers in the US is 31. Men over the age of 40 make up 9% of all fathers. So, dying at 30 or even 40 is directly meaningful from an evolutionary standpoint. Further, losing parents is a significant issue.