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Or that some random mutations do not have evolutionary consequences. Also lot of powerful people have had lot of offspring despite baldness.

• AnthonyMouse 2y ago
  "Nature did this for no reason" is in general not the default assumption. It's not that it can never happen, but rather that as soon as there are two phenotypes, evolution is going to start selecting for one of them over the other in any given environment unless the difference has zero effect on evolutionary fitness, which is unusual.
  • thaumasiotes 2y ago
    My uncle had noticeable baldness very early. When he graduated college and started working in finance, he found that the baldness was a major advantage, making him look older and therefore letting him avoid the stereotype that young people are immature / unreliable / ignorant / untrustworthy.