# Q on Evolution

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-on-evolution/128582>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 15, 2002, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-on-evolution/128582 "2002-09-15T21:15:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![andy\_fl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@andy\_fl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andy_fl)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2002, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-on-evolution/128582/1 "2002-09-15T21:15:49Z")

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Does Evolution favor short lived organisms that reproduce (and hence mutate) at a higher rate ?

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**Author:** ![Netbrian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71e660/32.png) [@Netbrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Netbrian)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2002, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-on-evolution/128582/2 "2002-09-15T21:32:12Z")

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Evolution doesn’t really favor anything. The environment is what determines this. In some environments, yes, in others, no.

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**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2002, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-on-evolution/128582/3 "2002-09-15T21:34:55Z")

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We’re doing fine, last I checked.