Why is everything evolving into crabs

https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/evolution-turns-different-species-into-crabs

by soheil • 5 years ago

15 6 5 years ago

miej• 5 years ago

local minima in the hyperplane of evolution's loss function. probably also implies some vaguely broad proximity of the "crab" minima to other genetic archetypes in the latent coding manifold of phenotypic expression in order to explain a higher probability of transitioning/tunneling into the "crab" minimum.

Also probably reinforced by game theoretic adaptive evolutionary strategies between species.

arthurcolle• 5 years ago

I would like to subscribe to your newsletter.

brrrrrm• 5 years ago

Can't any path-unique evolutionary convergence be described this way?

Why are we less surprised that both birds and bugs have wings?

websterisk• 5 years ago

The optimal mode of locomotion in an aquatic environment (at least for medium-to-large animals that find themselves neutrally buoyant) represents a similar evolutionary minima/descent toward a "fish-like" shape and anatomy. There is a "best" way to move in water. Moving is important for survival. Therefore these creatures generally trend towards being more effective movers (absent other, non-locomotive descent vectors).

furgooswft13• 5 years ago

Can you repeat that in English please?

erulabs• 5 years ago

Funny this came out the same month as SciShow’s “Why does everything keep evolving into crabs?” Video: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wvfR3XLXPvw

Why is everything evolving into crabs

Related Stories