For instance, most of us would have a very hard time surviving in the wild. And even then, we need tools in order to survive. Our physical strength is weak compared to many other animals. Why are we so weak compared to other wild animals who have no problem surviving on their own?
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Evolution doesn’t necessarily design the best creature possible, it makes one that can reproduce the best. As it happens, humans reproduce best when they are in large groups, and by being in large groups we don’t have to be stronger than everything else. More humans can hunt easier, and make more advancements since we can share knowledge and pass it down generations much better than solitary predators. We eventually turned from a hunter-gatherer species into an agricultural one as that is even better for sustaining large groups of people. Since we could support more people in our societies, more could successfully reproduce and this means that strength isn’t bred into us like other animals, who can only survive to reproduce if they are the strongest.
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