In a purely"Survival of the Fittest"setting,I imagine our ancestors sleeping,eating,digesting food,mating,gestating,giving birth and being born but as a result of these activities being prone to attack and therefore more likely to lose their life.
It seems to me that the most successful organisms should be very sturdy - even if they suffer damage in some small way,they can still carry on as though nothing has happpened; should be ones that contain both sex organs in one body so that no unnecessary contact with other members of the species is required; can make use of their immediate environment for food, water, etc; should be able to withstand relative weather extremes; should live a very, very long life, producing many offspring. So why do we seem to be at the top of the evolutionary tree and not trees themselves (especially since they are used as a simple and elegant model of evolution.)
I'm probably being very obtuse, but I AM new to evolution and maybe don't know as much as you.
2006-11-24
08:58:57
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