Mental illness evolution

wolram

Many famous people have suffer some form of mental illness, but it is also
linked to genius, will this mental illness genius group evolve differently to
the rest of the human race ?

matthyaouw

Doubtful. Even if a trait is genetically influenced, in order for any group to take a different evolutionary path, they must be isolated from the gene pool of the main population for a significant amount of time. If interbreeding occurs between two populations, genes are mixed and significant evolutionary divergence will not take place.

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wolram Blog Entries: 1 Recognitions: Gold Member	Mental illness evolution Many famous people have suffer some form of mental illness, but it is also linked to genius, will this mental illness genius group evolve differently to the rest of the human race ?

matthyaouw Recognitions: Gold Member	Doubtful. Even if a trait is genetically influenced, in order for any group to take a different evolutionary path, they must be isolated from the gene pool of the main population for a significant amount of time. If interbreeding occurs between two populations, genes are mixed and significant evolutionary divergence will not take place.