Edit: I meant specifically humans.

  • @Ilovethebomb
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    81 year ago

    That’s not really natural selection though, is it?

    • Square Singer
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      111 year ago

      It is, if you count humans as part of nature, which they are in respect to natural selection.

      Flowers and blossoms are selected by their attractiveness to bees and other insects. Apples were selected by their attractiveness to bears (yes, bears where the first to domesticate apples). And watermelons were selected by their attractiveness to humans.

      Only GMOs don’t fall into the category of natural selection.

        • Square Singer
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          11 year ago

          I don’t think so, at least in the context of natural selection.

          GMOs for example are certainly not part of natural selection.

            • Square Singer
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              21 year ago

              That’s true if you talk about nature as such. I was just talking about the selection part.

              The thing is that there are quite a few species that “domesticate” other species. And while doing so, they conciously select for the specimen that best fits their needs.

              Bears domesticated apples, selecting for the biggest aand sweetest, thus apples evolved from small and bitter to a bit larger and sweeter.

              Ants farm aphids and also there they select for those that yield the most milk.

              The big difference between humans and animals is that we form much more of these symbiotic relationships.

    • TheRealKuni
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      11 year ago

      It’s artificial selection, still a process that drives evolution. Just drives it a lot faster.