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Originally Posted by Squirtit
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?The rule of biology is not to evolve unless the physical or biological environment changes, which is consistent with Darwin,? said Schopf, who also is director of UCLA?s Center for the Study of Evolution and the Origin of Life. The environment in which these microorganisms live has remained essentially unchanged for 3 billion years, he said.
?These microorganisms are well-adapted to their simple, very stable physical and biological environment,? he said. ?If they were in an environment that did not change but they nevertheless evolved, that would have shown that our understanding of Darwinian evolution was seriously flawed.?
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That depends what is counted as "environment", as the competition inside the specie is one primary driver for evolution. You know, bigger penises, feathers, more bright colours and so on. That was sexually oriented, but also competition for food etc. Evolution is not just that you adapt into some environment and live happily ever after in some harmony.