Elephants born without tusks in ‘evolutionary response’ to poachers (2021)

Re:Elephants born without tusks in ‘evolutionary response’ t... by tremon on Monday December 05, 2022 @12:59PM (#33869123)

You being born is the ultimate proof of genes having been passed on. In what way is that not sufficient?

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Re:Elephants born without tusks in ‘evolutionary response’ t... by Ma8ee on Monday December 05, 2022 @01:12PM (#33869339)

But you haven't passed on any genes. You have only been passed genes.

That is, if the choice of language confuses people: You have only been given those genes. You haven't given any genes to anyone else who can give those genes further, which is what matters in an evolutionary perspective.

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Re:Elephants born without tusks in ‘evolutionary response’ t... by tremon on Monday December 05, 2022 @01:37PM (#33869747)

And your parents passing on their genes to you doesn't matter, from an evolutionary perspective? You have only "been given" those genes, as if by magic?

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Re:Elephants born without tusks in ‘evolutionary response’ t... by Ma8ee on Tuesday December 06, 2022 @02:47AM (#33876925)

Uh?

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