We probably won’t get to see, at least through our own current eyes. Evolution occurs under environmental pressures, right? Survival of the fittest speaks to adaptation, not brute force, as far as I understand it. And what may be a seemingly harmful mutation today is tomorrow’s clever adaptation.
Imagine apes’ early emergence of opposable thumbs. I wonder if mothers at first thought they were tumors and left young to die, or chewed the growth off the paw?
Interesting thought about evolutionary leaps. How is it that some made the leap but not all? Will they ever?
We probably won’t get to see, at least through our own current eyes. Evolution occurs under environmental pressures, right? Survival of the fittest speaks to adaptation, not brute force, as far as I understand it. And what may be a seemingly harmful mutation today is tomorrow’s clever adaptation.
Imagine apes’ early emergence of opposable thumbs. I wonder if mothers at first thought they were tumors and left young to die, or chewed the growth off the paw?
Maybe the fireworks mishap crowd is just a cousin from a previous generation. /s
I appreciate your response. I find this all so interesting. Cheers.
I appreciate the exchange as well. Cheers!
Eta: Maybe the fireworks mishap crowd is just a cousin from a previous generation [full stop, because we all are).
If I were my own cousin I’d be the coolest damned cousin I’d ever seen! Unlike City Ryan, with his opposable thumbs!
15th cousins, 25th removed, I should have clarified!