[lamchopz]

An interesting note on evolution is that we tend to think of it as "survival of the best" whereas the original phrase clearly says "survival of the fittest". "Best" ,"fittest" are relative terms because you are the fittest in a given set of conditions. Take Darwin's finches, for example. In a drought where food is scarce, the fittest is the flock of finches with small beaks so they'll survive. Equally, we ourselves may not have been the best possible biological form in the evolutionary tree, but we certainly had the right environmental favours for our survival.

For me, evolution is now akin to evolutionary genetic synthesis. Random combinations of genes, along with environmental factors, create diversity as we know it.

And to conclude, I think the egg came first. LOL