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Message 18 of 102 (573350)
08-11-2010 12:08 AM
Reply to: Message 17 by Ken Fabos
08-10-2010 11:50 PM


Re: Ongoing evolution
Ken Fabos writes:
I think (just speculating) we are subject to more maladaptation than adaptation and, due to the cleverness of our species in overcoming physical limitations we probably carry more negative traits than most species could tolerate.
That's actually good. It means that there is a large amount of genetic variation within the population. So of seriously hard times arise, that increases the likelihood that within that variation, there will be genetic combinations that can survive the crisis.

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