In a message dated 7/6/2004 9:16:43 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Tribal people who worried about the conditions their great grandchildren > would face would have been out reproduced by those who were putting their > concern on getting their children through the next winter (or drought). > > Actually it makes great evolutionary sense to care about your grandchildren. In how many grand children you produce is much more important than how many children you produce. Producing a child does not in anyway guarentee that your genes will thrive. It is how many copies they pass on. By using the notion of grandchildren rather children you get to assess the entire process by which your genes get into future generations.If you produce 100 kids but only two make it to reproduce themselves you do less well than if you produce 5 children but 3 reproduce themselves you have done better. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
