Britons are evolving to be less well-educated and poorer because smart rich people are having fewer children, a new study has suggested.
Researchers have found that natural selection is favouring people with lower earnings and poorer education, with the next generation likely to be one or two percentage points lower in educational attainment than today.
Evolution also appears to be favouring people with a high risk of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), major depressive disorders and coronary artery disease, as well as younger parents and people with more sexual partners.
Oh,oh - this sounds like the plot of one of my favourite movies: Idiocracy - Private Joe Bauers, a decisively average American, is selected as a guinea pig for a top-secret hibernation program but is forgotten, awakening to a future so incredibly moronic he's easily the most intelligent person alive. If you haven't seen this move: get a copy (link here). It's part comedy, part social commentary, and totally brilliant!
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