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Originally Posted by sapiens
It's really the genes rather than the offspring and reproduction rather than survival.
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I'm reasonably sure that the difference is semantic. The genes surviving equates to the offspring surviving. Reproduction requires survival, at least until it is successfully accomplished. In the case of
homo sapiens sapiens the child-rearing strategy is used, which means that one equates to the other.
If we were talking arthropods, the distinction would be significant. Since we're not, I think it's really just a quibble.