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Re:Chimpanzees in Uganda locked in vicious 'civil war', say ... by XorNot on Saturday April 11, 2026 @07:25AM (#47729643)
We don't descend from winners, we descend from whoever survived and it's not an individual competition.

If the only place a particularly beneficial mutation appears is wiped out by chance volcanic eruption, that's just how it is - the survivors who weren't near the volcano go on to reproduce.

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Re:Chimpanzees in Uganda locked in vicious 'civil war', say ... by delichon on Saturday April 11, 2026 @09:46AM (#47730569)
In evolution the winners are the ones who survive to reproduce, and that includes 100% of our ancestors.
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Re:Chimpanzees in Uganda locked in vicious 'civil war', say ... by XorNot on Saturday April 11, 2026 @10:31AM (#47730971)
The cultural ramifications of choosing one word over another are significant though. "Winner" is a loaded term.

> In evolution the survivors reproduced, and that includes 100% of our ancestors.

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Re:Chimpanzees in Uganda locked in vicious 'civil war', say ... by delichon on Saturday April 11, 2026 @06:52PM (#47734695)
The context is game theory. Games have winners and losers.
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