okay, I'm trying to keep as specifically biological as I can! It's kinda like trying to ride a bike for the first time, the main task being to stay on the thing!
I mentioned genes in my post. These are the little things that determine what species and appearance we are?
When a pair of one species reproduce the offspring adopt genes from both parents? Like mixing 2 colours, red and yellow for instance makes orange. Though orange is a different colour altogether from red and yellow, in appearance one can tell straight away this colour wasn't made from mixing red and blue!
But let's say red and blue do come along and they have purple offspring. Now let's put the orange and purple offspring into an environment that is predominantly black.
Along comes the great colour eater looking (it has eyes) for it's next meal. Which offspring is the most likely to be eaten and which offspring is most likely to survive?
The surving offspring would be the one that paves the way for future generations.
Now, do genes deliberately reproduce traits suitable for an environment because of the environment OR is it just that on occassions it just gets it right? So really the development of a species is by chance?
sorry guys, did I fall of the bike??????
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