Through whatever diversion of the species along Darwin’s walk DNA persists. To think of human beings as the pinnacle of evolution is I believe missing the point. The reality of every creature’s life and ours is simply to carry a message. And what better way to ensure the message persists through time than to spread it among all species. Should one species path lead to extinction another will carry the baton.
To find the message would require DNA comparison of species to identify a common strand of seemingly useless DNA.
Although this approach would lend weight to the notion that we are all carrying a message I don’t believe it will lead us to understand the message. It would be ironic if it simply said, “Fred was here”. What is intriguing is who sent it and why?
Although identification of the message answers the eternal “why are we here?” question, we can still be comforted until extinction by other consuming questions such as “what does the message say?” and “who left it” and so on.
This I believe is the meaning of our lives.