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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While bugs *do* adapt faster, they still require ideal environments to grow and reproduce . The Peppered Moth is a great example of rapid natural selection. But unlike bugs, us humans can adapt within our lifetimes due to our problem-solving skills and large brains. Bugs require generations of natural selection to adapt: we no longer do.
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