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>>evolution doesn't encapsulate. I'm not a biologist or geneticists but from everything that I've read about cellular biology and genetics I get the strong fee
by felipemnoa 8y ago
>>evolution doesn't encapsulate.
I'm not a biologist or geneticists but from everything that I've read about cellular biology and genetics I get the strong feeling that there is a lot of encapsulation going on. Sure, it isn't 100% percent perfect but there is still encapsulation going on. Evolution would probably be way harder without it.
One hint is the human body, there are lots of encapsulations: eyes, heart, kidneys, digestive system, etc.
Evolution can repurpose an existing system for a completely different use with just some tweaking.
- telchar 8y agoI think that's a misleading observation though. It is squinting at the macro structure of the body and saying "ah ha, encapsulation!". When you look closer the apparent encapsulation seems less and less like an accurate notion. For example the newer research showing how the gut affects cognition. [0] This is a bit off-topic but I think paleo-ontologists fall into a similar trap, at least based on popular writing about e.g. sharks. Claims that they haven't evolved in 100M years because they're the same shape as they used to be completely ignore all the other aspects of the shark that could change without affecting the overall shape. 0. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24997042 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24997042