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		VMG on Jan 9, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Your body wasn’t built to last: a lesson from huma... Why should genes strive for an equilibrium? Even humans for most of history tried to have as many offspring as possible.

fragsworth on Jan 9, 2012 [–]

It has nothing to do with genes - every population eventually hits a maximum capacity, after which it normally remains in equilibrium.

VMG on Jan 10, 2012 | [–]

I don't think that is generally true. Historically the growth of human populations has been exponential.

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