Selected through continued survival and reproduction. Maybe a more accurate template would be something like, “Awesome, I’ve evolved with [trait] which deters predators!”
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pinkystew@reddthat.com 2 months ago
It bothers me how many people think that evolutionary traits are in any way chosen or designed for a specific purpose.
samus12345@lemmy.world 2 months ago
iii@mander.xyz 2 months ago
Who designed the process of evolution?
(Jk)
scutiger@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Same here. Evolution doesn’t work that way. It’s basically the opposite. Species don’t evolve to solve a problem, they evolve randomly and sometimes that solves a problem for them. Or sometimes, it pushes the species into a very narrow niche where its survival is ensured as long as the current extremely precarious situation they find themselves in doesn’t change.
kevin@mander.xyz 2 months ago
Evolution is very much not random, it is a direct consequence of variation and selection. This does not mean that they evolve to solve problems, but problems often drive evolution.
pinkystew@reddthat.com 2 months ago
My God thank you