Who is the most perfectly evolved creature in the world?

Who is the most perfectly evolved creature in the world? Humans?

In our hearts, we are undoubtedly the most powerful and perfect creatures in the world. We can discover and understand the laws of the universe. We can fly in the sky at a speed far faster than any other winged animal. We can even leave the earth to explore the vast universe. All this makes us extremely proud and makes us mistakenly believe that we are extremely powerful, so we have such a question: Why did it take us only 3 million years to leave the cockroaches, which have evolved for 400 million years, far behind? First of all, the time of human evolution is indeed much shorter than that of cockroaches. In a sense, all life in the world originated from primitive single-cell life, so the evolution time of all existing organisms should be the same. Why do we say that the evolution time of humans is shorter than that of cockroaches?

Cockroaches belong to the order Blattaria, class Hexapoda, phylum Arthropoda, while humans belong to the order Primates, class Theria, phylum Chordata.

Blattodea appeared in the Carboniferous period about 400 million years ago, while primates appeared in the Paleocene epoch 50 million years ago, so the evolution of primates is shorter than that of Blattodea, and it has taken about 3 million years for humans to evolve from the emergence of wisdom, that is, the Australopithecus period. It is okay to say that "human evolution is shorter than cockroaches", but it is a big problem to say that "humans are stronger and more perfect than cockroaches". Are humans really stronger than cockroaches or other animals? Not necessarily. The biggest difference between humans and other animals is that humans have wisdom. It is precisely because of wisdom that humans have the ability of logical thinking, so they can recognize laws and establish civilization, but this does not mean "strong".

What is powerful?

For a creature, being strong means "perfect ability to adapt to the environment", which is also the fundamental purpose of evolution. However, humans are very weak in this respect, so weak that they have almost no ability to survive independently. Whether it was 3 million years ago or now, humans must rely on the power of teamwork to survive. Not to mention ordinary people, even a professional who has received systematic wilderness survival training and brought all the equipment cannot survive in the wild for a long time. In fact, let alone in the wild, even in the city, if you do not rely on the power of the entire human community, there is basically no way to survive.

For example, fever caused by bacterial infection is a very common disease. Even this common and susceptible disease is difficult to recover from without medication. If it is not cured for a long time, it may even turn into other diseases and endanger life.

So if no one studies and produces drugs, a bacterial infection may take you away. Not only is the survival ability of humans as individuals very weak, but the survival ability of the entire population is also very weak, because human fertility is very low, and the cubs need long-term care. Once the number of humans falls below a certain threshold, they may go extinct. But cockroaches are different. Cockroaches have extremely strong immunity, and most bacteria cannot harm them. In addition, their physical defense ability is also very strong. Their special body structure can withstand pressure 900 times their own weight, so sometimes you step on it and then lift your foot, and it will run away.

As for the cockroach's ability to adapt to the environment, it goes without saying that it is resistant to cold, heat and radiation, and can survive for ten minutes even in a vacuum environment.

So sometimes you will wonder how cockroaches got into your house when it is so tight. They came from the water pipes, because soaking in water for a while is no problem. On the other hand, cockroaches are also very fertile. A pair of German cockroaches can produce about 400,000 offspring a year. Therefore, cockroaches are called "powerful". It is precisely because of this power that cockroaches have survived from the Carboniferous Period of the Paleozoic Era to the Quaternary Period of the Cenozoic Era, and their bodies have not changed much, because they are perfect enough.

Humans possess wisdom that is unmatched by other creatures. Wisdom is both useful and useless. It takes a long time for humans to cope with the environment.

Thanks to the relatively stable natural environment during the 3 million years of human evolution, humans had enough time to build civilization. If there had been an extremely bad environment during this period, humans would have been extinct. So humans should not imagine themselves to be too powerful and perfect. We just have wisdom, and wisdom can only be maximized with the help of population cooperation. This is true from the perspective of the development of the entire human race, and it is also true from the perspective of everyone's work and life. Don't be complacent because you have made a little achievement. Everything you have is not created by you alone, but the result of social cooperation.

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