Life is tough; living with arsenic. The bush of life (Introduction)

by David Turell , Tuesday, December 07, 2010, 18:37 (5077 days ago) @ David Turell


> This is the key 'dodo' point I was making. Evolution naturally results in branching as different adaptations are tried out against natural selection. Because life is so tough, those branches can go on seemingly forever, and seemingly with no purpose till they die out usually by accident. That is why evolution is a giant bush, not a tree. View evolution as the 'bush of life'.-Further discussion on arsenic bacteria. Way overhyped as I have suggested:-http://blog.the-scientist.com/2010/12/07/heavy-metal/