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Thinkering
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11-25-2007 5:54 AM


Hey -
This is a really stupid question and I'm sure that many people would laugh at the mere concept of it, but I would like to ask it anyway. If this isn't the right place to inquire, could someone point me in a better direction? I'm obviously new at this.
Anyway, here it is. So far as I understand it, bacteria (as a kingdom at least) is the ultimate form of life. Bacteria can live in every environment on earth and need almost nothing to survive. They reproduce at an amazing rate, mutating and evolving quickly - they adapt to everything. If there were a nuclear winter tomorrow, the last thing alive on this earth would be bacteria of some sort.
Ultimately, bacteria has the best survivability out of any organism on the planet (if that's not true, let me know). Now if that's the case, then why do any "higher" life forms exist? The sole purpose of evolution is to help organisms survive, right? At least, that's how I understand it; things mutate and if the mutation improves suvivability, it is passed on. Since bacteria is pretty much the pinnacle of survivability, it doesn't seem to make any sense to change... To evolve any further. They're already "perfect".
Since bacteria are fairly low on the evolutionary scale (being single celled organisms), there should be no such thing as "higher" organisms. Evolution would have just stopped there, when it had reached the epitome of survivability.
Yeah, I was just wondering.

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11-25-2007 7:18 AM
Reply to: Message 1 by Thinkering
11-25-2007 5:54 AM


Welcome to EvC
Welcome to EvC Thinkering,
Thank you for proposing a new topic and adding to our diversity. Since you are new to EvC, I suggest that you carefully read the Forum Guidelines and familiarize yourself with the functions of EvC by using the Practice Makes Perfect Forum or posting in existing threads.
I feel that your question can be asked and addressed in an existing thread. Questioning The Evolutionary Process
Read the thread and see if your question is addressed and if not then you can post a general reply with your question or check out other open threads within the Biological Evolution Forum.
Since you don't seem to want a full blown debate, I'm not inclined to promote this topic. Another admin may overturn my decision, but if they don't I will be closing this proposal in a few days.
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