[Marxism] Re: Anthro 101 and Apes and Monkeys

["David Larsson" <david.larsson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>So for the very first evolutionary change toward multi-celled organisms,
>there was a reduction in surface area. This is not the advantage needed for
>Darwin's natural selection.The move to multi-celled organisms is a definite
>disadvantage.
What does that have to do with either Darwin's theory of evolution and the
"modern synthesis"? It consists of two, quite simple, steps:
1. random (or other) change in the organism (single-celled or multi-celled)
2. selection

Thus, the change appears first, not the selection (otherwise there would
be teleology involved with evolution, but that is not the case, as you may
be aware of). Therefore creatures with (a priori) disadvantages may be
brought to life, but may still survive and procreate.



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