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[-] aniki@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

We have no idea how evolution works. Anyone claiming otherwise is a liar.

[-] sirblastalot@ttrpg.network 15 points 11 months ago

"You can't fuck if you're dead" what's to understand

[-] aniki@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago

That's the mechanism, but how environments grow wings or blowholes or 8 vs 6 legs is entirely magic still.

[-] BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.ee 12 points 11 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 2 points 11 months ago

"Everything Turns Into Crabs" would be an amazing title for a book about evolution. Someone tell Richard Dawkins.

[-] ahornsirup@sopuli.xyz 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Random chance produces advantageous trait. Advantageous trait gets propagated because it's a competitive benefit for the individuals carrying it.

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