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r/interestingasfuck • u/Significant_Snow_718 • 29d ago
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Why does this look functionally better than a normal chick?
4.0k u/Away-Wave-2044 29d ago This one has….evolved 1.9k u/_who-the-fuck-knows_ 29d ago This is kinda how evolution works. Random mutations in genes. The good mutations carry on through breeding. 1.2k u/Aridross 29d ago Bearing in mind that when you’re talking about evolution, “survives long enough to breed” is the only criterion for “good” that matters. 29 u/RacktheMan 29d ago Even more so, evolution is not about an individual breeding, it is about mutations surviving population wide and being an established part of the gene pool. Evolution acts on populations, not individuals in this sense.
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This one has….evolved
1.9k u/_who-the-fuck-knows_ 29d ago This is kinda how evolution works. Random mutations in genes. The good mutations carry on through breeding. 1.2k u/Aridross 29d ago Bearing in mind that when you’re talking about evolution, “survives long enough to breed” is the only criterion for “good” that matters. 29 u/RacktheMan 29d ago Even more so, evolution is not about an individual breeding, it is about mutations surviving population wide and being an established part of the gene pool. Evolution acts on populations, not individuals in this sense.
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This is kinda how evolution works. Random mutations in genes. The good mutations carry on through breeding.
1.2k u/Aridross 29d ago Bearing in mind that when you’re talking about evolution, “survives long enough to breed” is the only criterion for “good” that matters. 29 u/RacktheMan 29d ago Even more so, evolution is not about an individual breeding, it is about mutations surviving population wide and being an established part of the gene pool. Evolution acts on populations, not individuals in this sense.
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Bearing in mind that when you’re talking about evolution, “survives long enough to breed” is the only criterion for “good” that matters.
29 u/RacktheMan 29d ago Even more so, evolution is not about an individual breeding, it is about mutations surviving population wide and being an established part of the gene pool. Evolution acts on populations, not individuals in this sense.
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Even more so, evolution is not about an individual breeding, it is about mutations surviving population wide and being an established part of the gene pool. Evolution acts on populations, not individuals in this sense.
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u/Dramatic-Avocado4687 29d ago
Why does this look functionally better than a normal chick?