this post was submitted on 16 May 2024
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[โ€“] emergencyfood 1 points 6 months ago

What OP said is Motoo Kimura's Neutral Theory of evolution. There's a lot of evidence supporting it. The vast majority of mutations have a negligible effect on fitness. So it is very possible that something may evolve purely by chance.