Why sex evolved; no one knows (Introduction)

by David Turell , Saturday, June 18, 2016, 14:16 (2859 days ago) @ dhw


> dhw: If your God exists, I don't have a problem with the idea of him dabbling to revolutionize the course of life. But I do have a problem with the idea of him preprogramming the first cells to pass on every other innovation and every natural wonder throughout the history of life, let alone the suggestion that the whole caboodle was created just for the sake of homo sapiens.-The key to our differences revolves about just one question: how 'special' do you consider the appearance of H. sapiens? I follow Adler in thinking we are different in kind, based primarily on the development of an advanced consciousness. That we were better survivors than the other Homo types is obvious. That a scattergun hominin group appeared at this last existing stage of evolution needs to be considered in recognizing humans as a final target of progression of evolution. We came from apes and they are unchanged in the interim. We have developed the power to destroy the Earth, which we struggle to control. We are the endpoint of evolution although it is possible, given enough time we might change in form slightly. 
But finally what is there to improve, if we consider evolution as an improving process?