Re:Why do men strive for status and money?
by cgriswald on Wednesday October 05, 2016 @08:59PM
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Your question seems along the lines of "if beaks are so successful, why don't all species have beaks?"
All animals are the way they are because of a combination of random mutation and environmental pressure. If a trait is successful in one species, it doesn't mean it will occur in another species. If it does occur in another species, it won't necessarily be reproductively beneficial depending on environment and other factors specific to the speices, so may not ever become a generalized part of the species.
Some apes kill other apes offspring when they take over a group. Others don't.
Some animals such as gibbons and bald eagles mate for life, but most animals are not monogamous.
If evolution principles were so hardwired you would probably expect them to universally