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swaglexander-the-great · 1 year ago

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People have this unquestioned assumption that evolution strives towards a ‘perfect’ organism. Evolution doesn’t have a concept of perfect, it just works towards a point where a sustainable amount of the population will survive, then fucks off.

'the human body is perfect god doesnt make mistakes' what about wisdom teeth then. huh. gonna let those bastards grow in and fuck up your jaw for god. didnt think so

#Also wisdom teeth grow in because dental care is only fairly recent #we find jawbones with teeth completely worn down due to hard diets/infections #stuff like that #so your body grows replacement ones for grinding in the back as backup #they're backup teeth :3 #which are now (somewhat) obsolete and that's why they grow weird now #not enough room (?)#And birth is so bad bc baby head = big/ hips = too small #BUT #not small enough that it kills off such a huge amount that the species would perish so evolution just didn't evolve it

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