Comment Re:Origin of *Species* (Score 1) 249
Unless maybe you are capable of parthenogentic reproduction, something mammals seem to be incapable of.
That's irrelevant. The gp said "Without a species, the genes are dead-enders." - which is always true. Sooner or later something about the environment changes and makes it inhospitable for any given phenotype. The species survives if there are a sufficient range of different phenotypes that some individuls can cope with the changes. That's why potato blight caused famine in Ireland.