[n4r9]

Evolution has led to life but I'm struggling to see why it should be a criterion. What if something happened that stopped humans evolving, and we maintained the same general genetic distribution for the next few millennia? Would we stop living?

[machiaweliczny]

Yes, without adaptations over time we would probably die as species. I guess that as long as universe is evolving we need to as well to survive.

Simple historic example: change of oxygen level, change of temparature is another likely event

[SigmundA]

Which is why I added the edit. The thing I consider most defining of life is its ability to adapt to its environment both through evolution and later through intelligence and learning.