• Aniki 🌱🌿@lemm.ee
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          1 year ago

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

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            Environmental pressures and conditions make specific traits more advantageous for species inhabiting a particular environmental niche. That’s why everything turns into crabs

          • ahornsirup@sopuli.xyz
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            1 year ago

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