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bemildred

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3. Well, babble, scientifically speaking, for sure.

Reply to pscot (Reply #2)

Tue Oct 16, 2012, 04:06 PM

Oct 2012

But I see it as a non-sequitur. Everybody paying attention knows we live a lot longer, but to infer from that that we are "better at survival" or "fitness" is a non-sequitur, it means nothing of the sort.

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Modern humans found to be fittest ever at survival, by far [View all] bemildred Oct 2012 OP

poisoning the planet is a survival strategy? gee, who knew? nt msongs Oct 2012 #1

Confusing individual longevity with species survival? pscot Oct 2012 #2

Well, babble, scientifically speaking, for sure. bemildred Oct 2012 #3

Very interesting, thanks. AverageJoe90 Oct 2012 #4

Wiki says: bemildred Oct 2012 #5

I understand what they're saying but we did it mainly by changing our environment, not by being more bloomington-lib Oct 2012 #6