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Which animal will replace humans as Earth's dominant species? This scientist has an idea (www.earth.com)
submitted 9 months ago by MelonYellow@lemmy.ca to c/science@lemmy.world
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His answer is the octopus. What say you?

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[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 7 points 9 months ago

If we assume that they somehow survive all the way to the very moment when humans get a permanent ban to the Earth Server, then the changes should be gradual enough after that. The bad news is, humans love to play this game by recklessly exploiting every bug and glitch, so rapid changes (in evolutionary scale) are the norm.

See also: Peppered moth evolution