Re: Zebra stripes evolved to keep biting flies at bay

On Feb 12, 2:03 am, Kalkidas <e...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 2/11/2012 2:08 PM, Burkhard wrote:

On Feb 11, 4:29 pm, Kalkidas<e...@xxxxxxxx>  wrote:

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Since horses of all colors are still around (and I believe most of them
are, and have always been, dark-colored), it would seem that the
coloration is irrelevant to survival of the species.

Quite. And since there are still indigenous tribes in the amazon, it
would seem that having guns and cannon was irrelevant for the creation
of a Spanish empire in Latin America

Agreed. Spanish empire gone, indigenous tribes still there. I guess
natural selection lost that battle.

You've never been to Latin America then?

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