Author: Pahu78Pahu78
Date: Jul 10, 2008 14:59
Altruism 1
Humans and many animals will endanger or even sacrifice their lives to
save another—sometimes the life of another species (a). Natural
selection, which evolutionists say selects individual characteristics,
should rapidly eliminate altruistic (self-sacrificing) “individuals.”
How could such risky, costly behavior ever be inherited? Its
possession tends to prevent the altruistic “individual” from passing
on its genes for altruism (b)?
a. “... the existence of altruism between different species—which is
not uncommon—remains an obstinate enigma.” Taylor, p. 225.
Some inherited behavior is lethal to the animal but beneficial to
unrelated species. For example, dolphins sometimes protect humans from
deadly sharks. Many animals (goats, lambs, rabbits, horses, frogs,
toads) scream when a predator discovers them. This increases their
exposure but warns other species.
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