Shouldn’t bugs adapt faster than humans?

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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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Human adaptability hasn’t been limited by evolution for a long time. Our brains let us adapt to new environments in a very short timespan. We are evolutionarily adapted to live in an African climate, but with clothing and fire we can live almost anywhere on earth. When you include modern technology we can even live in space.

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