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There would be plenty of pressure to keep reproducing indefinitely, just that then there might be too much competition between ancestors and descendants for the
by SuoDuanDao 5y ago
There would be plenty of pressure to keep reproducing indefinitely, just that then there might be too much competition between ancestors and descendants for the same resources.
- thaumasiotes 5y ago> just that then there might be too much competition between ancestors and descendants for the same resources. Why is that supposed to be a problem? Plenty of species will happily eat their own young.
- SuoDuanDao 5y agoBecause changing conditions could necessitate the species adjusting to the new conditions as they change, if the young have to outcompete both the old and the new landscape there's a higher chance of an extinction event.