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Re:Dolphins Show Self-Recognition Earlier Than Children by dorfsmay on Monday January 15, 2018 @12:49AM (#16148762)
Dominant traits is not always about survival... Could be a sexual preference for intelligence. Nerds might have been cools a few 100 k years before we thought!
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Re:Dolphins Show Self-Recognition Earlier Than Children by Double_a_92 on Monday January 15, 2018 @03:32AM (#16149313)
If you were smarter you could better tools, weapons and shelter... Or better ways to hunt and prepare food...

That would definitely help your family survive better.

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Re:Dolphins Show Self-Recognition Earlier Than Children by lovemenot on Monday January 15, 2018 @04:03AM (#16149408)
Your parent makes the valid point that difficulty in producing such children does not necessarily demonstrate the value of this trait for survival. Peacock tail confers no survival merit except for sexual selection.
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Re:Dolphins Show Self-Recognition Earlier Than Children by duncan_bayne on Monday January 15, 2018 @04:34AM (#16149519)
It very strongly demonstrates the value of the trait for gene survival, which is the important thing. The individual matters not.
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