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I still find it extremely interesting to study the venerable Ginkgo biloba and how the tree achieves near immortality https://www.science.org/content/article/ho

I still find it extremely interesting to study the venerable Ginkgo biloba and how the tree achieves near immortality https://www.science.org/content/article/how-ginkgo-biloba-achieves-near-immortality https://www.science.org/content/article/how-ginkgo-biloba-ac... I suspect the extremely slow ability to adapt to environmental changes led the tree to near extinction so in the end near immortality is not a good strategy when there is a need to adapt.

thaumasiotes 5y ago
> I suspect the extremely slow ability to adapt to environmental changes led the tree to near extinction so in the end near immortality is not a good strategy Those are different concerns. Immortality is about how long an individual tree can live. But how quickly the species can react to environmental change is determined by the rate at which an individual tree reproduces, not how long it lives.