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#5: Nov. - Dec. 2002 (Non-Fiction)
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Re: Memes

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Yes, memes and group evolution are quite different, but both rely on communication. Groups become different by isolating themselves. Humans and some other animals are very skilled at identifying individuals that look or believe the same and cutting themselves off from those who look or believe differently on the minutest detail. Religion & Government play a huge role in this for humans. Sagan pointed out that these isolated groups would evolve a little bit differently, but would get rare "shots of genetic diversity" when an individual mates outside of the group. Another example: I suspect the slaughter of Native Americans had a much larger impact on the human gene pool than eons of individual selection. IIRC, the genetic diversity of the Bison was also dramatically reduced by this warfare.
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