stackyFACTSNatural selection is just a series of genetic typos over millions of years that somehow resulted in bizarre things like the platypus and human anxiety.
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Tracking evolutionary timelines on isolated islands proves that DNA mutation rates are less like ticking metronomes and more like speeding sports cars.…
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Natural selection is actively teaching these venomous predators the value of absolute silence. Because humans tend to immediately hunt down any snake they…
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Evolution is heavily reliant on the molecular copying machinery occasionally making terrible, highly consequential typos. A random mutation might swap a…
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Archaeologists have found this ancient food inside ancient Egyptian tombs, and you could still eat it.
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