[Sofa King]

Repeating yourself does not make your 'facts' true. If you're not going to consider mutations and genetic recombination, then you're not even talking about evolution. I have no idea what you're talking about, but it isn't evolution.

[AndrewC]

If you're not going to consider mutations and genetic recombination, then you're not even talking about evolution.

It is pretty simple. You jumped into a conversation that I was having with RWP(see post 130). He stated that I needed to reproduce in order to pass on my genes. That is not true. My genes exist in my parents. There is a "unique" combination of those genes that belong to me, however the genes exist apart from me. That is a fact and is clear. This was in discussing what was more important for survival, surviving or reproducing. In the case of humans you have to survive in order to reproduce. The individual does not have to survive in order for a particular gene to be passed on. I think that is pretty much a tenet of Darwinian evolution. The tendency for a gene to be passed on is a determining factor, not whether a particular individual survives/reproduces or not.