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From: chm@aber-cs.UUCP
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf-lovers,talk.origins,sci.bio
Subject: Re: Nonagression in James P. Hogan's Giants trilogy
Message-ID: <17@aber-cs.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 16-Feb-87 05:45:35 EST
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Posted: Mon Feb 16 05:45:35 1987
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References: <1151@husc2.UUCP> <305@netxcom.UUCP> <1170@husc2.UUCP> <1371@loral.UUCP>
Reply-To: chm@aber-cs.UUCP (Corinne Morris)
Organization: University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, UK.
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Keywords: predation (absence of), aggression (selection for)
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In article <1371@loral.UUCP> dml@loral.UUCP (Dave Lewis) writes:
>I can't see any way for these
>critters to resolve the problem of there's-resources-for-N-animals-and-N+5-
>animals-want-to-use-them
How about: the smartest N critters do the best at collecting & hiding food; 
they all probably go a little hungry till the 5 weakest die of starvation
or disease.

Corinne Morris