The earth is a world of life rich in species. In addition to intelligent life human beings, there are more than millions of various creatures. No matter what kind of organisms they are, they are actually “survival machines” of genes. It is genes that create “containers” of organisms for their own survival.
And if living things want to continue, they need continuous reproduction. Reproduction naturally requires males and females. Men and women in the human world can be easily distinguished by appearance. Then in the animal world, males and females can also be distinguished from Is it easy to tell by appearance? The answer is yes.
In the animal world, the appearance characteristics of most male and female animals are also very obvious, and there is no small difference. However, many people often judge the male and female of animals from the perspective of humans, thinking that those bright and beautiful animals are females, and those with ordinary appearances and not beautiful at all are males. Then this kind of perception correct?
When I was a child, my parents often led to the zoo to see animals. At that time, I also thought that those beautiful animals were females, and most of the children thought so, and even many adults thought so. It was only after a professional zoo staff came out to explain that we did not understand that in the animal world, the most beautiful ones are basically males, which is completely opposite to the human world.
So many friends have this question: In the animal world, why are males generally more prettier than females, but the human world is the opposite? In fact, it is not difficult to unravel this mystery. Many people have put forward their own views on this question, but few people think about the answer from a genetic point of view.
In fact, in the animal world, males are more beautiful than females, and genes are behind them. As we said earlier, organisms are actually “containers” of genes and “survival machines”. To put it more seriously, organisms are actually genetic. “Slave”, all biological activities are controlled by genes behind the scenes.
So what is the purpose of gene doing this? In fact, it is very simple, that is, let yourself continue to pass on and realize its “immortality”. We must know that the origin of life on Earth was only some macromolecules at first. Macromolecules evolved into genes over a long period of time, and the continued evolution and mutation of genes resulted in a world of life rich in species. Every organism has its own set of genes. If these genes want to survive, they must rely on the “container” of organisms.
Therefore, the competition between organisms is actually a kind of competition between genes. No one wants to be eliminated by nature. Therefore, through continuous mutations, genes allow their biological containers to evolve and become more advanced and powerful. biological. And if genes want to keep themselves alive, they cannot do without the important means of population reproduction.
Only when the number of populations is large can diversification be achieved, the evolutionary speed of organisms can be increased, survival can be better guaranteed, and nature can be better adapted. Genes also don’t understand: “Eggs cannot be placed in a blue seed.” Therefore, in the animal world, the main responsibility of animals is to reproduce, so that their populations continue to grow. The more the number, the better.
In fact, this genetic routine almost succeeded 65 million years ago. After the third mass extinction, dinosaurs stepped onto the stage of history and opened up the glorious era of dinosaurs. At that time, dinosaurs occupied 90% of the earth’s ecological niche, became the true overlord of the earth, and dominated the earth for 160 million years. This is the most successful biological container made by genes. Unfortunately, it was later destroyed by an asteroid. The dinosaurs became extinct and withdrew from the stage of history.
After the dinosaurs left the field, the gene chose mammals to grow up, and it developed to its current scale step by step. The competition between mammals mainly depends on whose reproductive ability is strong, whose population is huge, and the huge number of creatures can often continue, and it is not easy to be extinct.
Therefore, genes have come up with various ways to promote the reproduction of animals, and the reproduction of animals requires the combination of males and females, of which females are the most important, because it is the key to gestating offspring. Therefore, in the animal kingdom, it is basically a matriarchal world, and the status of females is often very high. At this time, if the male wants to be attracted by the female and breed with him, he needs to be attractive. There are two aspects to attractiveness. One is a beautiful appearance and the other is a strong body.
Therefore, genes in the evolution of male animals give them a more beautiful appearance and a stronger body. Only in this way can they attract females and ensure the reproduction and development of a population. But such things have changed a lot in the human world.
It can be said that the birth of human beings is also the result of gene dominance. It is necessary to know that the five mass extinctions have made genes realize that nature’s extinction power to living things is terrible and can be easily extinct for an era. So how to defeat nature? It is obviously impossible to rely on these ordinary animals, so a self-conscious intelligent life like human has been created.
Only intelligent life has the ability to get rid of the shackles of the earth’s nature, but genes did not expect that after human beings have self-awareness, while getting rid of the shackles of nature, they are constantly getting rid of the shackles of genes. We are no longer completely subject to genetic control, the reason is that we have self-awareness.
The existence of self-consciousness has also allowed humans to form a civilization, which is completely different from other animals, and humans have their own civilization system, a series of morals and ethics, and a unique concept of love. Under the influence of these comprehensive factors, humans have given many special meanings to simple reproduction, and these special meanings have completely changed the external performance of males and females.
Therefore, in the human world, males are no longer more beautiful and beautiful, but females have these characteristics, so they have the beauty of women. I believe that this is also a result that genes did not expect. Perhaps this is a kind of self-sacrifice of genes. Of course, it is not easy for humans to completely get rid of the control of genes. We need to work hard to develop technology and truly understand genes. After the mystery, there is hope, I believe that this day will not be too far away.