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Forum Question: Watch and analyze this PBS aVideo (or read the text). How is HIV able to evolve so rapidly? Why is understanding evolutionary theory important for understanding and treating HIV?
INSTRUCTIONS:
This week we learned about some key fossils that help us understand our place in nature. If adaptation improves a species success, why do species go extinct instead of adapting and surviving?
Helpful Hint: You may be tempted to write a post including the phrase "survival of the fittest".
This is a commonly misused and misunderstood phrase in describing natural selection and evolution. Scoville (2015) provides an easy, quick read about this issue.
Scoville, H. (2015). Survival of the Fittest?