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by alex_young 1003 days ago
Artificial selection refers to our selective breeding of non-humans. The examples you mentioned are natural selection.
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kergonath 1003 days ago
People have a hard time understanding that humans are just animals and also part of nature.
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brabel 1003 days ago
Exactly. By the way, there's a name for human artificial selection: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugenics
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