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Almost every species that has ever existed on this planet no longer exists. Nothing “evolves into something else“. Evolution is simply constant change over long
by millerm 2y ago
Almost every species that has ever existed on this planet no longer exists. Nothing “evolves into something else“. Evolution is simply constant change over long periods of time. Eventually, the thing that used to be no longer exists, whereas the new thing does. It’s a giant tree of change. This is literally what Darwin discovered.
Species can completely disappear because they can be hunted out of existence, climate change can kill them off, natural disaster's can wipe them out.
- shagie 2y agohttps://www.onezoom.org https://www.onezoom.org has a neat viewer for the tree of life (one past the home page to the tree itself - https://www.onezoom.org/life/@biota=93302?otthome=%40_ozid%3D1#x709,y1315,w1.7306 https://www.onezoom.org/life/@biota=93302?otthome=%40_ozid%3... ) Note the settings thingy in the upper right for some different views.