Hunting Reverses Natural Section by Killing Off Biggest Animals Altering Evolution
When people go hunting, they kill the big trophy animals with the largest antlers, hide, horns, etc. The scawny, weak animals are left behind, reversing the natural selection Darwin espoused in his theory of evolution.
Newsweek explains how hunting cause “evolution reverse”:
Researchers describe what’s happening as none other than the selection process that Darwin made famous: the fittest of a species survive to reproduce and pass along their traits to succeeding generations, while the traits of the unfit gradually disappear. Selective hunting—picking out individuals with the best horns or antlers, or the largest piece of hide—works in reverse: the evolutionary loser is not the small and defenseless, but the biggest and best-equipped to win mates or fend off attackers.
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Natural SELECTION. It applies to article authors too.
great article and very relevant. i wanted to share it with some hunters i know who haven’t considered natural selection in the animals they hunt. they keep saying the big old males are past their prime anyway.