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Old July 22nd, 2004, 02:39 AM
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Default Re: Semi-OT: We will go to Stars.

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Originally posted by oleg:
QUOTE]Evolution requires the driving external pressure for the survival of the fittest. Progress in technology excused humans from the general natural order. Even primitive Stone age technology freezed our evolution for 400K years now - there were no changes in our nature since
Evolution still happens; as a small example, we are slowly doing away with wisdom teeth. It just happens a little more randomly without the natural selection pressures.
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