Re: Adaptability of man


<aesthete8@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:eqsprn$17c4$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Is the following true?:

- Man is a creature adapted for life under circumstances which are
very narrowly limited. A few degrees of temperature more or less, a
slight variation in the composition of the air, the precise
suitability of food, make all the differences between health and
sickness, between life and death.

If the intent is to contrast man to all the other species in the
biosphere, I would say that it is not true. Many other species are
more finicky than we are. And when you take our technological
supports into account, no other species is as adaptable as we are.


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