There have been a number of reproductively-important novel developments during the recent past. For example, contraception has made the link between sex and reproduction a weaker one. Social services protect children, even unwanted children, much more than was "true" during most of human evolution. Consider some of these changes, and speculate how they will affect human evolution in the long term. Your speculation should focus on changes in the ways people will behave in the future due to changes in genes, resulting from the novel developments.

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There have been a number of reproductively-important novel developments during the recent past. For example, contraception has made the link between sex and reproduction a weaker one. Social services protect children, even unwanted children, much more than was "true"  during most of human evolution. Consider some of these changes, and speculate how they will affect human evolution in the long term. Your speculation should focus on changes in the ways people will behave in the future due to changes in genes, resulting from the novel developments.

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The Answer of There have been a number of reproductively-important novel developments during the recent past. For example, contraception has made the link between sex and reproduction a weaker one. Social services protect children, even unwanted children, much more than was "true"  during most of human evolution. Consider some of these changes, and speculate how they will affect human evolution in the long term. Your speculation should focus on changes in the ways people will behave in the future due to changes in genes, resulting from the novel developments.

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