Natural selection has designed all parts of our bodies to last just long enough to see our children into independence, no more. - Matt Ridley

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Natural selection has designed all parts of our bodies to last just long enough to see our children into independence, no more.

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About Matt Ridley

Matthew White Ridley, 5th Viscount Ridley, DL, FRSL, FMedSci (born 7 February 1958), usually known as Matt Ridley, is a British journalist who has written several popular science books. He is also a businessman and a Conservative member of the House of Lords.

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Alternative Names: Matthew Ridley, 5th Viscount Ridley Hon. Matthew White Ridley Matthew White Ridley, 5th Viscount Ridley Dr M W Ridley Matthew White Ridley
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I know of no other way that human nature can have developed except by evolution, and there is now overwhelming evidence that there is no other way for evolution to work except by competitive reproduction. Those strains that reproduce persist; those that do not reproduce die out.

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