BBC Focus Magazine

[Shadowwolf]

Darwin's notion that only the fittest survive has been called into question by new research published in the journal Nature. A collaboration between the Universities of Exeter and Bath in the UK, with a group from San Diego State University in the US, challenges our current understanding of evolution by showing that biodiversity may evolve where previously thought impossible.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110327191044.htm

To be honest I'd thought that the above was not a new concept.

[Healerman]

No, it isn't new. Rigid adaption dies out at the next environmental change. Built in diversity gives the broader genome a higher survivial profile. A clear case of not putting all your eggs in one basket.

[The Beige Avenger]

Survival of the fittest as a catchphrase hasn't been taught for quite some time...

[M Paul Lloyd]

Shouldn't it be 'survival of the meanest' ?