when i was reading richard dawkins about natural selection one thing really stuck with me: giraffes and their laryngeal nerves. its like they took a shortcut in history, looping this nerve around the neck instead of going straight from head to throat
i mean think abt that - why wouldnt evolution just make everything simpler? but look at what happened! so when we talk about design being dead and only evolving. well maybe theres more than meets the eye. sometimes its not always a linear progression, right?
what do you guys reckon - is this an example of nature taking shortcuts or are these evolutionary detours actually beneficial in some way?
article:
https://webdesignernews.com/design-is-dead-its-all-evolution-now/