Most of those guys were just dumb. It's not a matter of their old ways, or anything. It's that recent history, especially with government handouts, has removed the incentive to select for intelligence in mates. Same thing happened to American blacks, starting in the late 60s. Intelligence can change a lot, in just a few generations, either direction. It's not a primary thing that either sex selects for.
People that haven't had thousands of years of agriculture in their blood don't handle alcohol well, and it's genetic (not denying spiritual problems potentially resulting from it, mind you). Tribes that mainly hunted are likely to be bad drunks, and more likely than others to become alcoholic. A couple thousanpd miles away, there were Indians cultivating grain and corn, and enjoying their booze, with no major problems, before the white man.
Indian Indians - not sure about Filipinos - are new to the processed food game. They are succumbing to it more and more in India, but it seems less so outside of India. The big problems they're facing even without the junk food are glyphosate and bad oils. Traditionally pressed oils, and modern expelled, solvent-extracted, then deodorized (to remove the smell of rancidity), oils, are not the same thing - much better to spend more on ghee and minimally processed coconut oil. Small beans, like lentils, often have a lot of glyphosate used on them, sometimes including to dry them justbefore harvest. The harmful reach of Big Ag is coming for them, too.
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Most of those guys were just dumb. It's not a matter of their old ways, or anything. It's that recent history, especially with government handouts, has removed the incentive to select for intelligence in mates. Same thing happened to American blacks, starting in the late 60s. Intelligence can change a lot, in just a few generations, either direction. It's not a primary thing that either sex selects for.
People that haven't had thousands of years of agriculture in their blood don't handle alcohol well, and it's genetic (not denying spiritual problems potentially resulting from it, mind you). Tribes that mainly hunted are likely to be bad drunks, and more likely than others to become alcoholic. A couple thousanpd miles away, there were Indians cultivating grain and corn, and enjoying their booze, with no major problems, before the white man.
Indian Indians - not sure about Filipinos - are new to the processed food game. They are succumbing to it more and more in India, but it seems less so outside of India. The big problems they're facing even without the junk food are glyphosate and bad oils. Traditionally pressed oils, and modern expelled, solvent-extracted, then deodorized (to remove the smell of rancidity), oils, are not the same thing - much better to spend more on ghee and minimally processed coconut oil. Small beans, like lentils, often have a lot of glyphosate used on them, sometimes including to dry them justbefore harvest. The harmful reach of Big Ag is coming for them, too.