STRUGGLING AND ADVANCING
Based on his theory, Charles Darwin recognised two forms of ‘struggle’ for perpetuating any species: the ‘struggle for existence’ and the ‘survival of the fittest’. Some species have another type of ‘struggle’. They want to advance and not just exist. One wouldn’t exactly call bacteria advanced although they have been here since life began. Insects appear to be quite happy with their lot; they have changed very little over hundreds of thousands of years. Obviously some species want to advance, others do not.
It may come as something of a surprise to learn that most evolutionists believe that birds are probably the most developed species, after man and perhaps some other primates. Like humans, birds are relative newcomers, believed to have evolved out of the reptile and dinosaur family. It is thought that gliding (perhaps falling) down from trees was their first taste of free flight and they liked it!
Humans and birds must then have a desire to advance. Nobody knows why and nobody knows whereto. But what talents do they have in common that has allowed them to do so? Biologists believe that innovation (the ability to invent new behaviour); communication and social propagation (to transfer skills among the species) and mobility (moving around in flocks) are the talents which birds have in common with humans. These talents are the vehicles for them to realise their potential. We can’t really talk for birds, but are we using our talents to advance and unlike birds, do we know to where we want to advance?
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