Edit: We survived an ice age and we're very highly adaptable. Plus, we will hold on to some percentage of technical knowledge that will help us adapt faster.

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[–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Take the horseshoecrab, or the tardigrate or even the cockroach.

None of those are species—they’re a family, a phylum, and a (partial) order, respectively. While those clades have been relatively stable morphologically, species within each clade still come and go.

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