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Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 9 months ago

I was just listening to eons in my car and specifically the episode about armored fish, and the thought occurred to me: isn't evolution ultimately selecting for adaptability?

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I was just listening to eons in my car and specifically the episode about armored fish, and the thought occurred to me: isn't evolution ultimately selecting for adaptability?

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Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 9 months ago

It would seem the design that can survive the most extinctions would be the clear winner in the end.

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And conifers
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  Conifers don’t have a bite force of 20,000 newtons and stomach acid that can disolve bone.

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