Though its bodywork is not a complex as the X-Bow's, lacking actual bumpers and side skirts, it's a bit more
intricate than the Atom, a sports car employing almost no body panels.
We must recognize that in this context «adaptation» is strictly defined in terms of survival values and that, generally speaking, it is the simpler forms of organization that possess the greatest staying power: living systems, no matter how fantastically
intricate - and well organized they might be, have a much shorter span of existence
than, say, a rock crystal, or a single stable
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