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Every race needs at least one. (startrek.website)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[+] [email protected] -11 points 10 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

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