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Why must humans create camouflage? Aren't most animals matched physically with their surroundings?
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Design in nature is readily seen for all to see.
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Yet humans do not possess camouflage unless they create it.
Some animals create their own camouflage but for the most part many already have it.
How does evolution fit that bill? Is the theory of evolution random? if so ...how can it decide which animal will need what camouflage?
Is it a guessing game of evolution theory?
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21 Answers
- SteveLv 61 decade agoFavorite Answer
Human's brains are all the camouflage we need. It's the same reason we don't need thick fur coats to keep warm or sharp claws to kill our prey. Intelligence is the ultimate adaptation so far.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Firstly, evolution creates camouflage as those animals with it are most likely to survive.
However, if our ancestors were big and hairy, maybe that hair keeping them warm etc. caused a greater survival rate than camouflage. And by the time we lost our hair, we were much smarter than the rest of the animal kingdom, therefore, people could hunt in groups and use their brains to catch animals.
Evolution would only have taken place for human camouflage if many people died and people with rock-coloured skin survived but that did not happen as early humans were smart enough to hunt and live together with fairly low mortality rates compared to other animals.
- KibaLv 51 decade ago
Well, by evolution's 'fact's, since humans evolved from a common ancestor of apes we once had brown/black fur like them - in which case, we were camouflaged. Obviously, that has now faded and only head and light body hair still keeps this colour. We simply don't need the hair.
And camouflage is now no longer an issue - as the primary hunter, we don't need it. Of course, some predators do, like the lioness blending with the brush - but they rely on hiding in plain sight of the prey in order to attack. Our intelligence has allowed long range, less personal attacks, and the ability to farm prey for ourselves.
So we no longer need the camouflage that would help us sneak up on them, because we simply don't need to sneak up on them at all.
Source(s): This is working on evolutionary logic. I'm not sure how much I can ENTIRELY support evolution as it stands right now. Maybe in the future, if it begins to clog its holes, I could bet some money on it. But not right now. - Anonymous5 years ago
We are created in His image not from His imagination. Hence we has physical form but is a perfect, immortal being. He is male. The scriptures do call Him Father, Abba, etc., so one can assume he is male. Some have argued that the female was created second and implied that they are second class creations. This would make it sound like the woman is just a slightly altered form of man. I believe the woman was created from the rib of man to show that she is Man's equal. Gender must exist in Heaven for why does it exist here? Since there is a Father in Heaven, why not a Mother in Heaven? The woman could have been created in her image by God. Let's also recognize the woman was the last great work of God during the Creation.
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- Pirate AM™Lv 71 decade ago
Many species create their own camouflage and not all species use camouflage. Further, camouflage is just one mechanism that can promote survival, but it is not essential for survival.
Simply, evolution is not random and it does not "decide". I suggest actually learning about what the theory of evolution says, before trying to "discredit" it with your poor understanding of it.
- 1 decade ago
Humans don't have one set environment like the animals that developed camouflage do. Natural selection is at work with this. An animal that has a mutation that causes its skin or fur to turn brown while being in an environment with lots of brown will allow them to blend in better.
Ever heard of the peppered moth experiment? This is basically what it was.
- CoreyLv 71 decade ago
We migrate. Our knowledge and problem solving allows us to adapt to new environments without relying on our pelts for camoflauge. Our ability to create camoflauge is the product of evolution. Natural selection is not random. Mutations, to some degree are random, but that randomness is reduced through reproduction (especially sexual reproduction).
There is no design in nature. You're imagining it.
- Steve HLv 61 decade ago
Aside from the fact you don't understand evolution, humans are also the only creatures that have the intellectual capacity to create camouflage, which makes us more suited to our surroundings than any creature with natural camouflage.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
We haven't evolved camouflage because we don't need it. The food consumed by our ape like ancestors was hardly likely to become startled and run away, given that they were vegetarian.
- ?Lv 41 decade ago
Because our evolved intelligence and ability to make/use weapons rendered camouflage useless. We are taking the idea of camouflage from the animals who's evolutionary path rendered it necessary for their environment.