Evolutionary Complexity Has No Direction
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Natural selection, per Bio 0055, favors traits fitting a lineage's environment; it sets no complexity goal, and simple traits often persist because they work.
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A tapeworm's simplified body, lacking a digestive system, is a derived adaptation to its niche, not an unevolved state.
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"Plants are simpler than animals," per Bio 2227, assumes a rank order evolution does not produce.