Elie Gendloff:

A consequence of sexual reproduction is that the two sets of genes of
the parents get reassorted by independent selection of each chromosome
from either one parent or the other, as well as recombination by
crossing over that occurs in meiosis. By mixing up the genes in each
individual, selection occurs more rapidly because there are more
distinct individuals to select from. In this way, sexual reproduction
speeds evolution. However, I would not say that humans are any more
evolved than sunflowers. Each solved the problems posed by their
environment in different, but as complex, ways.



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Michael Ragland

"It's uncertain whether intelligence has any long term survival value.
Bacteria do quite well without it."
 Stephen Hawking
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