4 ms·One can easily argue that evolution needs also somehow get rid of the elderly at some point.by beefield 7y agoOne can easily argue that evolution needs also somehow get rid of the elderly at some point.perfmode 7y agoeasily but perhaps not convincinglygowld 7y ago"needs" is a strange term, as is "get rid of". In nature, an organism generally doesn't need to "get ride of" anything that isn't actively feeding off it -- The state of nature is for weak organisms to die on their own.