AV>  JH> survival of the fittest is those best able to survive...smarter,
AV>  JH> stronger,  faster, better camoflauged, whatever it takes.  
AV> 
AV>  JH> at the most base biological level the whole point to life is to
AV>  JH> pass on your  genes
AV> 
AV> My point is that one only has to be "fit" and not necessarily the
AV> "fittest" to survive.  "Fit" means that you are smart enough, fast,
AV> enough, strong enough, camoflaged enough, and whatever else to
AV> procreate and have your children do the same.  There is only one
AV> "fittest" organism, while there are many fit ones.  You need to go
AV> no farther than to look at the humans around you to see this in
AV> operation.
it's more of the fittest characteristics not the organism (i know, it's a 
ery
fine line).  those characteristics get passed down, if your genes aren't 
mong
the fittest (and it refers to a group, not a single organism) then they get 
passed on.  Take a cheetah, for example.  as they preyed upon antelope (or 
whatever) the antelopes that had shorter legs (would cause a slower speed) 
would be killed, their genes not passed on.  then the antelope population 
would get faster.  the slower cheetahs would not get to eat and the fitter 
cheetahs (the ones faster and could catch the prey) would thrive and it is 
their genes that would be passed on.  is this making any sense to you?
you cannot use humans as an example.  we are a different type of species.  we 
tend to look out for the members of our species that are not as fit.  so, the 
weaker genes still get passed on.
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