the evolution of clothes?

'Cause it be cold.

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Aslan is not a Tame Lion

We missed you.

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Aslan is not a Tame Lion

You keep making the mistake that there is design, purpose or direction to evolution. Because the mutation that causes it hasn't happened within their population yet.Remember, the mutations are totally random. There is no purpose or direction or design. It does not happen to make something better, more complex, superior. The mutations just happen.

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Aslan is not a Tame Lion

Not sure we are saying anything different. Agreed. But that does not seem to have happened within the hyenas. Only if the potential is there. There have to be finer haired individuals and in addition, the finer hair must actually provide an advantage when it comes to living long enough to reproduce.If

1. the mutation that leads to finer hair is missing,
2. the finer haired individuals do not have a significant advantage when it comes to reproducing,

then you will not see the emergence of finer haired individuals.

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Aslan is not a Tame Lion

But I didn't eliminate sexual selection? All that matters is the history, what did happen. It's nice to know the mechanisms but that's after the fact. The steps are that the potential must be present in the population. The we see what happens after the filter, selection.I am not supporting the running in heat model, or the sexual selection model. That's still to be determined. My best guess is that it will turn out to be a multi-stage filter.I think I remember sex. It was good IIRC. Enjoy?

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Aslan is not a Tame Lion

Of course. I'm not sure exactly what point you're making though?To be valuable information we'd need to know what the physiological result of that other mutation was and what advantage it may have provided.

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Aslan is not a Tame Lion

But is there such a relationship or is this simply speculation?

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Aslan is not a Tame Lion