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[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

And now we are cultivating peppers. So the strategy still worked evolutionarily speaking, only not like the peppers intended.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

only not like the peppers intended.

I know what you're saying but also that's not how evolution works. More of a case of "the reason why an adaptation proves advantageous may change completely over time."