Quote (TiStuff @ Aug 5 2022 11:09am)
lets try something else
do you think the genetic code in any particular animal has limits or is it limitless?
or
is evolution a grand building up process with no end
or does genetic entrophy/genetic load (mutations) end in non viable information ..a death process/extinction.
Well it has the limits given by the environmental circumstances of that particular lifeform.
So a landbound animal won't develop fins or gills as long as it is landbound, because there is no environment that lets the DNA respond in that sort of way.
Europeans have mostely white skin, africans black skin because the DNA is responding to the environment.
And yes, evolution can of course also lead into dead ends and can even cause extinction.
Happened numerous times. An example would be the sabretooth cat. Its teeth are believed to be the reason for theur extinction.
If a life form dies out in its entirety before it can adjust to its environment, its pretty much doomed.
Evolution is of course not guaranteed to be a positive thing. Its just a process of passing on of genes from mating life forms to their offspring. Not more, not less.
And yup, its basically a process with no end.
But as said, it can have dead ends as well.
Homo sapiens for example went on while the Neanderthals went extinct.
No evolutionary process. They just died, because evolution is a slow process and requires life forms to survive a certain time span.
Some people still have neanderthal DNA in them tho, because Neanderthals mated with Homo Sapiens, so you could of course say they didnt go extict entirely because of that.
This post was edited by Modulok2405 on Aug 5 2022 04:21am