Have we failed as a species?

[CapnAwesome]

We actually haven't failed as a species, because under the laws of nature and natural selection, failure would be extinction. As long as we survive, we have succeeded.

So the giant panda is an evolutionary success story in your eyes?

Of course, Giant Pandas have been around for circa 3 million years as a species. That's almost 10 times as long as modern humans. Unlike many of the large mammal species they survived human beings into modern times, where as most mammals of similar size have been driven extinct. So that's an evolutionary success compared to most.