If there's only one of a lifeform and it is immortal, can variation and natural selection still operate somehow? 🤔
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Not so simple. There's variants, 'generations' in the recursive breakdown structure of a multicellular critter. 2 arms, 2 sets of teeth...
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No. The four evolutionary forces (mutation, migration, drift, selection) only apply with breeding multiple members of a species.
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If it obeys the second law of thermodynamics, it can't be immortal
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