I’ve always wondered if there was a term for evolutionary changes that weren’t needed!
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abies_exarchia@lemm.ee 2 months agoNot necessarily, with “genetic drift” random phenotypic changes can happen that have a neutral effect on fitness. So if they don’t need side-facing eyes, then this can just happen randomly. Especially if the sideways eyes are in some way “costly” to maintain
BleatingZombie@lemmy.world 2 months ago
kurwa@lemmy.world 2 months ago
If sideways eyes are “costly” compared to forward facing eyes, then that would technically be a push for forward facing.
jol@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
Or goats just find forward facing eyes to be sexier.
swab148@lemm.ee 2 months ago
I know I do
AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 2 months ago
<Gives you the side eye>
Bear_pile@lemm.ee 2 months ago
There was an interesting study done with zebra finches. In it they glued fake mohawkes on males and found that females selected them over unaltered males, even though it didn’t naturally occur in the species. So there is some precedence for the possibility that the forward facing eyes were simply “sexier”.
jol@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
I mean you can do a smoldering sexy look at someone if your eyes face sideways. Makes total sense.
stephen01king@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Depth perception.
kurwa@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Derception.
OrteilGenou@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Derpception