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>> And in the greater scheme of things, 1,000 generations is not a whole lot: in human terms, that's only 25,000 years, while modern Homo Sapiens have been a
by lifeformed 14y ago
>> And in the greater scheme of things, 1,000 generations is not a whole lot: in human terms, that's only 25,000 years, while modern Homo Sapiens have been around for ten times as long.
That's a bit misleading. 1,000 generations to evolve extremely basic movement is nowhere near comparable to the complexity of the human body.
- DavidSJ 14y agoMost of the complexity of the human body (including its locomotive facilities) evolved well before humans existed. I think the analogy is just to put the time scales in perspective, not to equate their products.
- yuchi 14y agoI don't want to act flamey here, but you should read [The Blind Watchmaker][1], R. Dawkins. The whole book is pretty interesting and analyzes exactly that complexity from an evolutionary perspective. There's also a chapter in which he describes his own "genetic algorithm" which produces life-like creatures. Pretty related to the topic in question. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blind_Watchmaker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blind_Watchmaker