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prosper

1. To be successful; to succeed; to be fortunate or prosperous; to thrive; to make gain. They, in their earthly Canaan placed, long time shall dwell and prosper. (milton)

2. To grow; to increase. Black cherry trees prosper even to considerable timber. (Evelyn)


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Re: The Colin Leslie Dean species paradox

... ecologically stable gene cohorts. They exist as a "species" because their particular genes and physiology have enabled them to prosper and reproduce to a point at which there are many organisms that share very closely the same characteristics that enabled their ecological success. ...

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by AstusAleator
Sat Jul 18, 2009 12:46 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: The Colin Leslie Dean species paradox
Replies: 120
Views: 2154

Bird-Dinosaur News

... of energy available, it was not so at the beginning. So even very poorly efficient self-replicating mechanisms had a fair chance to multiply and prosper, that would not be the case anymore. 2) It took hundreds of millions of year for life to appear on earth, in a test tube the size of a planet. ...

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by canalon
Wed Jun 17, 2009 2:46 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Bird-Dinosaur News
Replies: 44
Views: 1046

Re: Natural selection is proven wrong

... aim to produce anything "good" or remove anything "bad". It just chooses individuals that have good enough means to surive and prosper in their current environment. There are dozens of examples of this: e.g. very large animals seem to benefit from their size (very few or no ...

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by biohazard
Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:56 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Natural selection is proven wrong
Replies: 177
Views: 16379

Where are we heading to ?

... on to the next generation, it seems to defy logic that we can circumvent the process of natural selection and survival of the fittest and still prosper as a species. As for our general intelligence, I guess if you don't use it, you lose it. I think degeneration of unused organs and such is something ...

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by burninbriar
Fri Jan 19, 2007 4:34 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Where are we heading to ?
Replies: 28
Views: 3815

Hair problem

Thank you, I hope many people prosper from my information.

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by Why,Why not
Sat Dec 16, 2006 1:36 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Hair problem
Replies: 4
Views: 767
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