The title is how a lot of people understand evolution, though. As if the lizard's genes or evolution itself has intent and makes decisions based on stresses. T

The title is how a lot of people understand evolution, though. As if the lizard's genes or evolution itself has intent and makes decisions based on stresses. This misunderstanding often involves a misunderstanding of epigenetics, as if an organism can concentrate really hard and change its genes (insert X-men movie special effect with the camera zooming in to the sub-cellular level and seeing helices go from blue to red) and produce larger toe pads. Selection is an unfortunately overused euphemism for death.