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In natural selection, mutations which limit capabilities tend to make that branch go extinct.
by joquarky 6mo ago
In natural selection, mutations which limit capabilities tend to make that branch go extinct.
- card_zero 6mo agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrmecophagy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrmecophagy There are six or seven unrelated mammals that evolved to depend on eating termites, including a marsupial, a monotreme, and a wolf. "Don't put all your eggs in one basket" is good advice, but nature will persistently try every bad strategy until it works out. Nature is a terrible role model.