Whenever conditions arise in which a new kind of replicator can make copies of itself, the new replicators will tend to take over, and start a new kind of evolution of their own. Once this new evolution begins, it will in no necessary sense be subservient to the old.


The Selfish Gene: 40th Anniversary Edition (ed. Oxford University Press, 2016) - ISBN: 9780198788607

Richard Dawkins Quotes

Whenever conditions arise in which a new kind of replicator can make copies of itself, the new replicators will tend to take over, and start a new...

Whenever conditions arise in which a new kind of replicator can make copies of itself, the new replicators will tend to take over, and start a new...

Whenever conditions arise in which a new kind of replicator can make copies of itself, the new replicators will tend to take over, and start a new...

Whenever conditions arise in which a new kind of replicator can make copies of itself, the new replicators will tend to take over, and start a new...