Random chance produced advantageous trait. Advantageous trait gets propagated because it’s a competitive benefit for the individuals carrying it.
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aniki@lemm.ee 5 months agoThat’s the mechanism, but how environments grow wings or blowholes or 8 vs 6 legs is entirely magic still.
ahornsirup@sopuli.xyz 5 months ago
BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Environmental pressures and conditions make specific traits more advantageous for species inhabiting a particular environmental niche. That’s why everything turns into crabs
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 months ago
“Everything Turns Into Crabs” would be an amazing title for a book about evolution. Someone tell Richard Dawkins.