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The Selfish Gene, a theoretical approach in evolutionary biology that takes the gene rather than the individual or species as the fundamental unit of natural selection and argues that adaptation occurs at the genetic level. This concept, first popularized by Richard Dawkins in 1976, posits that organisms are programmed “survival machines” or vehicles designed to preserve and propagate their genes, with genes themselves being the ultimate beneficiaries and enduring units of evolutionary processes

Moving Rocks are rock blocks observed on Racetrack Playa within the boundaries of Death Valley National Park in the state of California, United States of America. These rocks, typically composed of dolomitic material and occasionally quartz monzonite, move across the wet and flat playa surface leaving trails behind. The shape and length of these trails are not directly related to the size or shape of the rocks but are largely influenced by surface water saturation, local wind conditions, and sur