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>Modern humans descend from an unbroken evolutionary chain of ancestors who successfully solved these problems. Classic suifuel in the second sentence already.

• CobrastanJorji 3y ago
  It's also a meaningless tautology. By definition, all of your ancestors reproduced successfully. However, it's also the case that every generation has a large number of individuals who don't reproduce. This is often a successful strategy for a species. It's not at all the case that one person is a failure because their ancestors reproduced and they didn't.
  • fnordsensei 3y ago
    It gets into nature vs nurture. My aunt and uncle couldn’t have kids, but they adopted a boy. He has their values, general kindness, and their sense of humor. For some value of reproduction, I think they’ve done so successfully.
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  • quickthrower2 3y ago
    The gene is selfish, not the human, after all.