Polimeni J, Reiss J P
Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, 771 Bannatyne Ave., Winnipeg, Manitoba R3E 3N4, Canada.
Med Hypotheses. 2002 Mar;58(3):244-8. doi: 10.1054/mehy.2001.1504.
Schizophrenia, with its apparent genetic basis, persists despite demonstrating impaired fecundity. Although this has been considered paradoxical, a similar paradigm is observed elsewhere in nature. Honey bee colonies possess sterile task specialists whose presence can best be understood by the evolutionary principle of group selection. Group selection may be pertinent to human history and consequently schizophrenia could represent an ancient form of behavioral specialization. Shamanism and religion demonstrate some similarities to psychosis and may provide clues regarding the origins of schizophrenia.
精神分裂症尽管表现出繁殖力受损，但因其明显的遗传基础而持续存在。尽管这被认为是自相矛盾的，但在自然界的其他地方也观察到了类似的模式。蜂群中有不育的任务专家，它们的存在可以通过群体选择的进化原则得到最好的理解。群体选择可能与人类历史相关，因此精神分裂症可能代表了一种古老的行为专业化形式。萨满教和宗教与精神病表现出一些相似之处，可能为精神分裂症的起源提供线索。
