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Evolution is not just survival of the fittest. It’s also survival of the luckiest — and this science proves it

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A new study shows how randomness of life events can shape evolutionary outcomes even in a world of equals.

The findings underscore a growing realization among scientists that randomness plays an important central role in evolution.

While natural selection undeniably shapes species over time, it often works hand-in-hand with chance events.

Replaying Earth’s evolutionary history would likely produce an entirely different world, says Stephen Gould .

Gould 's argument clashed with traditional views of evolution as a process guided primarily by natural selection.

Gould: Humans are not the inevitable pinnacle of evolution but one product of a long series of random events.