An organism in its niche within an ecosystem is similar to? A: a baseball player in his position on the baseball team.
B: the umpire not on a team.
C: the audience in the stands of a game.
D: the opposing team at a baseball game.

Ibelieve this is the answer:     evolution has no "goal". it is "simply" the survival of the fittest under a given condition. what should be the advantage of living longer? getting kids (=spreading the own genetic information) is done latest until the mid-40s after that we have not much biological meaning.  in addition,  not only does evolution not have a "goal," evolution doesn't necessarily mean "make us better! " it's absolutely possible to evolve negative traits.    hpe i could : )

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