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+⧖I don't really get evolution. I mean I read this book, very interesting, but I don't really understand why every animal isn't intelligent. It seems like the most useful trait by far and one that would be easily selected for since smarter creatures would have a better survival rate. Random mutations of things like air-breathing lungs and wings would be way harder to select for. Let's talk wings for a second. Birds come from reptiles, I can buy that. But an animal can only fly if it has a lot goi…
I don't really get evolution. I mean I read this book, very interesting, but I don't really understand why every animal isn't intelligent. It seems like the most useful trait by far and one that would be easily selected for since smarter creatures would have a better survival rate. Random mutations of things like air-breathing lungs and wings would be way harder to select for. Let's talk wings for a second. Birds come from reptiles, I can buy that. But an animal can only fly if it has a lot goi…>>25585309 Ie dinosaurs didn’t just evolve back after the meteor made them extinct, tons of animals alive today are just idiotic like koala bears but they exist. Sexual selection is retarded ie female birds just choosing males with colourful tails. If you ran earth again from the start you would get an entirely different selection of life. The list goes on and on. Anyone trying to give you some black and white 5 dot point list of how it works is pants on head retarded.
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