(October 4, 2013 at 11:12 am)Rational AKD Wrote: what features would those be?
The blind spot in the human eye, our spinal system which is maladjusted for life as a biped, our appendix, cancer, the donut shaped brain of a squid, the esophagus that passes right through the hole in that donut, the laryngeal nerve in a giraffe's neck, dew-claws on dogs, wisdom teeth, a dual-purpose urethra...
I could go on, if you need more.
Selection pressure isn't always upward, but it is always downward; the only criteria by which a trait survives natural selection is whether or not its lethally harmful to the organism possessing it.
"YOU take the hard look in the mirror. You are everything that is wrong with this world. The only thing important to you, is you." - ronedee
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