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The dark side of this is that evolution works by culling the unfit to survive. Might want to choose another term (or maybe that's exactly what you intended)
by magicsmoke 6y ago
The dark side of this is that evolution works by culling the unfit to survive. Might want to choose another term (or maybe that's exactly what you intended)
- Droobfest 6y agoOr the unlucky.
- technothrasher 6y agoevolution works by culling the unfit to survive No it doesn't. Evolution occurs due to change in allele frequency in a population over time. Relative death rate of certain organisms in a given environment is certainly a mechanism for this change in frequency, but it is not necessary for evolution to occur.
- arcticbull 6y agoEither (a) death of the unfit or (b) inability of the unfit to reproduce are the core drivers of evolution. They're the negative feedback. [edit] Rather, not the core drivers but the core direction-setters.