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That's my favourite part of being Human: we're pretty awesome at adaptation.

• tomjen3 16y ago
  I believe that is an understatement - we are properly the single best species at that.
  • Qz 16y ago
    That's a self-deceptive way of looking at evolution. Every species currently in existence is equally good at adaptation.
    • tomjen3 16y ago
      Not really - only humans have been able to adapt from walking 7 miles an hour to flying faster than the speed of sound in less than 100 years.
      • Qz 16y ago
        ... and only humans have managed to kill off hundreds of millions of our kind in the same amount of time via war and genocide. The point is, evolution has only one measure for success: continued existence. Everything else is irrelevant.
        • carnevalem 16y ago
          Ants have done the same. http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/clvea/ants/c0thznv http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/clvea/ants/c0thznv
    • code_duck 16y ago
      Not the ones that are on their way out soon...