Which is how you wind up with bizarre kludges like the “thumb” on pandas and the ridiculous spinal “support structure” that causes humans such misery. Evolved to support quadrupedal locomotion, and works great as a “suspension bridge”. Look at what great use cats make of it! But as a tent pole? Yeah, it sucks. Evolution is not lazy, it is just mindless and pointless. And yet still comes up with solutions that we cannot touch. If our engineers can develop solar panels that rival photosynthesis in efficiency, our power woes are over!
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