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You don't think you're confusing people in real life and beetles in a massively artificial experiment?
In what way does it go against Darwin? It seems a remarkable example of reproductive adaptation in the face of severe species stress?
(Try to forget human society here for a minute - we're talking about beetles - the full text of the article is available via the BBC link)
I did read it, but I had a bad afternoon...
These beetles as a matter of course are breeding with their local group which will lead to extinction due to genetic abnormality and the other side effects of inbreeding.
They appear to be instinctively trying to widen the gene pool if caught in that situation, which we as humans can see is a good way to survive. Perhaps this is the clever 'fittest' bit after all. Maybe Darwin had a point...good luck to 'em.
Perhaps humanity has to slide downwards a few notches before it finds a way to compensate and go forward again.
Thank you for giving me hope