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Love this comment. It highlights a major misunderstanding of biology that many people who didn't study it in depth have: that every, or most features of living
by johndhi 2y ago
Love this comment. It highlights a major misunderstanding of biology that many people who didn't study it in depth have: that every, or most features of living beings do not have an "evolutionary explanation." T-rex arms aren't short so they can open flowers - they just happen to be small because that's the type of creature that happened to survive after a lot of changes.
- bornfreddy 2y agoMaybe this explains why humans are snoring? It just wasn't / isn't evolutionary important.
- prerok 2y agoWell, the explanation I heard is that snoring provided protection during sleeping to scare away predators. I don't know the source for this theory, so take it with a grain of salt :)
- bornfreddy 2y agoI heard that too, but it doesn't sound likely. If I was sleeping and there was a predator passing by, I would prefer it didn't notice me... :)
- pandemic_region 2y agoThe fact that heavier (and thus more attractive as prey) people are more likely to snore could give credibility to your explanation.
- newsuser 2y agoMost likely, yes, like the loudness of baby crying. Humans are pack animals so any predator attracted by snoring or baby cry, and deciding to check it out would be in a very very big trouble.
- dennis_jeeves2 2y ago>many people who didn't study it in depth have Or are incapable of studying/reflecting in depth.