(AND FLIGHTLESS BIRDS)

As a physician, I see the foibles of human evolution and natural selection every day. If we are such highly evolved creatures, why do we age so ungracefully at times? Why do we seem to fall apart at age fifty-five or thereabouts? And why, oh why, are we so fascinated with sex?

The answer to the problem of aging lies in the callous realization that natural selection doesn’t give a fig about the traits of those that are no longer likely to procreate. …

Arthur Williams

I am a writer and surgeon from Cincinnati, Ohio. Check out my novel, The Surgeon’s Obol.https://www.amazon.com/Surgeons-Obol-Arthur-Williams/dp/1090894228/ref=s

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