An intriguing video about the "bio-evolutionary anthropocene hypothesis", apparently the latest attempt by humanity to pat itself on the back and brag about its special status. "We influence the evolution of other species, bruh". So does everything else, but whatever...
Still, it *is* interesting that humanity inadvertently influences the evolution of many animals and that the changes are (supposedly) irreversible. In Mozambique, female elephants are born without tusks as an anti-poaching adaptation! Urban foxes look vaguely similar to domestic dogs. In Japan, the "samurai crabs" (which are never killed by fishermen) have become more abundant than their non-samurai looking peers. Sometimes, humans affect the behavioral patterns of animals. For instance, certain monkeys have learned to crack oil palm nuts after humans introduced oil palms into their territories. Chimps meanwhile have learned how to forage at night in order to avoid humans...
Still don´t understand how this makes us special, though. When humanity disappears, the animal kingdom will change again. And that´s that.
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