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My daughter once said she wasn't sure if she wanted to have kids. I told her she's the end result of an unbroken chain of 4 billion years of successful reproduc
by simonh 4y ago
My daughter once said she wasn't sure if she wanted to have kids. I told her she's the end result of an unbroken chain of 4 billion years of successful reproduction, with zero failures, and it would be a shame to break it now. No pressure.
- havelhovel 4y agoGenerally speaking, that chain depended on each generation producing more than one offspring to avoid the risk you’ve described.
- anotherman554 4y agoIt's also true of the ants you step on when you walk outside. It isn't actually worth celebrating.
- actionfromafar 4y agoIt matters to them?
- jmmcd 4y agoMost of those ants are workers, so already evolutionary dead-ends!