03 MAY 2011 by ideonexus
Evolution as a Constant Arms-Race
One of the peculiar features of history is that time always erodes advantage. Every invention sooner or later leads to a counterinvention. Every success contains the seeds of its own overthrow. Every hegemony comes to an end. Evolutionary history is no different. Progress and success are always relative. When the land was unoccupied by animals, the first amphibian to emerge from the sea could get away with being slow, lumbering, and fishlike, for it had no enemies and no competitors. But if a...Folksonomies: evolution red queen hypothesis
Folksonomies: evolution red queen hypothesis
Where the players are constantly evolving to stay in one place.