>>14
Why would a reptile develop mammary glands, softer skin, and fur while losing its thicker skin and reptilian features?
You know, Mendel discovered genetics long before Darwin came up with evolution.
Random mutations being fixed by natural selection. It's not that hard to grasp.
Given a few hundred million years, (...) and with it language.
You seem to be under the impression human beings are optimally suited to living on Earth (as if Earth were a uniform biotope, with only a single niche to fill), and every other species could benefit from being more like us.
Do you really need someone to spell out why this is bullshit?
Human-like intelligence is a massive investment, and not that much of an advantage over competitors in most circumstances. It's not at all surprising most species just haven't bothered.
There are no real advantages to walking upright in most circumstances, and very real disadvantages, as the widespread back pains in humans show.
Not to mention the fact that the niche humans occupy is already filled.
By humans. Any other species trying to encroach at this point would quickly be outcompeted.
You would also expect new kingdoms and classes to eventually emerge
As per
>>10, that's very much like pointing out that on any given old tree, all the growth happens on the twig level, and nobody's ever seen large boughs being added.
such as those that survive harlequin fetus syndrome into adulthood
Do you even have the slightest clue what harlequin fetus syndrome is?
One girl survived until she was nine years old. There are
six other known cases of them surviving for longer than a few weeks. Out of tens of thousands.
They don't die because they're put out of their misery, or because of shitty medical treatment. They die because they aren't viable.
I want to see more successful mutations to create more crazy organisms that can rule in their own little environment and vow to conquer human life.
Yes, congratulations, you want a eugenicist playground because you lack foresight and imagination, as well as a basic understanding of what you're dealing with. Fortunately for the rest of us, there is such a thing as ethics, and laws exist to prevent it.
This also has nothing whatsoever to do with the question of evolution.