I hear folks saying bugs are dying off because of changes in the environment, but shouldn’t bugs be some of the best equipped to handle changes? I imagine they reproduce faster than humans, and so I’d think their genes could adjust faster as well. You’d think we’d be having a worse time than bugs as the environment changes?
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Aside from the technology stuff people are bringing up, the basis of your idea is correct, shorter generations means faster adaptation. The first example of observed evolution was moths in England adapting camouflage to the soot build-up during the industrial revolution. This is also why fruit flies are used in genetic studies
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