Okay so as a prospective biologist and anthropologist I've learned a lot about evolution (though I have no credentials.) Here's a little bit I've put together to explain evolution since it's something a lot of people have misconceptions about (including myself, once upon a time.)
How people think evolution works (a.k.a. This is NOT how it works)
"And on the third day, Mother Nature said "Let humans walk on two legs, for this is the way it must be. That is the best and fittest option for their kind.""
How evolution actually works (in fewer than 10 words)
Chance Mutation + Time (lots of time) + A Population = Change.
There is no "best" there is no "fittest" there is no "because" there is only "eh, it works." (And even that is personifying and antrhopomorphising nature, which is a common human filter.)
Anywhoo, this is just a short summary of things I've learned with a bit of a silly exaggeration at the beginning. Again, I'm merely a student, I have no credentials to my name. But I will eventually! And when I do, I'll say the same thing I said here!
Guaranteed or the 0 cents you payed me to read this back.
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