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> Is being bigger Platonically better than being smaller? Maybe, most animals evolve towards larger sizes. Except on smallish islands, where they tend to becom
by hungmung 1y ago
> Is being bigger Platonically better than being smaller?
Maybe, most animals evolve towards larger sizes. Except on smallish islands, where they tend to become smaller.
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- thaumasiotes 1y ago> Maybe, most animals evolve towards larger sizes. This is not even a little bit true.
- masklinn 1y ago> Maybe, most animals evolve towards larger sizes. Animals tend towards whatever size lets them maximise survival. This is based on available niches and other selective pressures. > Except on smallish islands, where they tend to become smaller. Island syndrome leads to both gigantism and dwarfism.
- fpoling 1y ago> Animals tend towards whatever size lets them maximise survival. Evolution is a filter that removes unfit, it does not select the best fit. So a lot of mutations that slightly decreases fitness for the environment stay as they do not make an organism too unfit. This results in a gen pool diversity in a population that helps to survive if the environment changes as previously somewhat harmful mutations can be essential for survival in the new situation.