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[–] ianhclark510@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Remember, sexual selection favors traits that benefit the carrier, being able to have a mate exclusively bear their offspring and excluding competitors would favor their genes, unlike the mate potentially bearing offspring from multiple contributors (even within a single clutch, but I’m not sure about that part, not a biologist)

[–] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 2 points 3 weeks ago

Even when it benefits the species as a whole. Nature always was shortsighted, and the cause of all our suffering.