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Mammal evolution, literally

Mammal evolution, literally

Posted Nov 22, 2012 15:40 UTC (Thu) by raven667 (subscriber, #5198)
In reply to: Mammal evolution, literally by man_ls
Parent article: Crowding out OpenBSD

> There are many species which have survived unchanged during hundreds of millions of years.

Unlike the pop aphorism "Survival of the Fittest" the real world is more like survival of the fit-enough.


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Mammal evolution, literally

Posted Nov 23, 2012 11:58 UTC (Fri) by dgm (subscriber, #49227) [Link]

Indeed. It should be "Survival of the Fittests". Sexual reproduction makes survival of a single individual... a bit futile.

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