“Unlike the clonal longevity of asexual organisms, sexually reproduced plants and animals usually have briefer, individual life cycles. In short, the enormous diversity afforded by the evolutionary invention of sexual reproduction came with a price—death of the individual.” IndividualDiversityEcologyLife CycleSexual Reproduction Book:Ecology and Experience: Reflections from a Human Ecological Perspective Source: Ecology and Experience: Reflections from a Human Ecological Perspective