Re: CP evolutionary developments

From: Derek Glidden (dglidden@geocities.com)
Date: Mon Nov 03 1997 - 22:18:57 PST


Date: Tue, 4 Nov 1997 01:18:57 -0500 (EST)
From: Derek Glidden <dglidden@geocities.com>
To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
Message-Id: <aabcdefg4221$foo@default>
Subject: Re: CP evolutionary developments

David K. Purks said:

> Maybe CP are really more advanced than we give them credit for...they've
> developed a system to:
>
> 1) attract pollinators to increase genetic diversity
> 2) protect their environment
> 3) attract animals to increase their global distribution, via
> seeds or other material
>
> Seems to me they're pretty successful. Looks to me like they're doing
> very well at all of the above.

Seems to me to be a pretty good evolutionary strategy to have evolved into
a plant that is interesting enough that it has "caused" humans to be a
large (and in some cases, possibly even prime) factor in pollination,
distribution and preservation...

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