Chapter 985 Changes

In biology, there is a concept of "ring species".

For example, there is a bird in Western Europe called the Little Black-backed Gull.

Many years ago, a group of Little Black-backed Gulls set out from Western Europe and migrated eastward. Due to the higher latitude, they would not continue northward into the Arctic. Eventually, they took root in Siberia and became the Siberian subspecies of Little Black-backed Gull.

Then, a group of Little Black-backed Gulls of the Siberian subspecies continued to set out and migrate eastward, all the way east, and eventually evolved into Heglin's Gull.

A group of Heglin's Gulls continued to migrate eastward, and then evolved into the Vega Herring Gull subspecies, the Vega Herring Gull, and the United States Herring Gull.

Finally, a group of United States Herring Gulls crossed the Atlantic again to the east and returned to Western Europe, and evolved into Herring Gulls again.

Although the Little Black-backed Gull and the Herring Gull have a large overlap in their habitats, there is a strong reproductive isolation between them, and they cannot produce hybrid offspring.

No, more than that, there is already reproductive isolation between the Herring Gull and the Vega Herring Gull.

Lesser Black-backed Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull Siberian Subspecies, Heglin's Gull, Vega's Herring Gull Subspecies, Vega's Herring Gull, United States Herring Gull, Herring Gull. This circle of species constitutes an evolutionary chain.

In this chain, two adjacent groups can interbreed and produce hybrid offspring. However, there is often reproductive isolation between separated groups.

"Species" is a man-made concept. The traditional definition of "species" by humans is "a group of individuals that can mate and reproduce, but cannot mate with other organisms, cannot have sexual intercourse or hybrids produced after mating cannot reproduce again." In simple terms, it is "reproductive isolation."

But "reproductive isolation" is not a clear concept either. There is no reproductive isolation between the Lesser Black-backed Gull and the Lesser Black-backed Gull Siberian Subspecies, and between the Lesser Black-backed Gull Siberian Subspecies and the Heglin's Gull. According to the traditional definition, they belong to the same species. However, the Lesser Black-backed Gull and the Heglin's Gull have reproductive isolation again.

Perhaps the human definition of "a person" is also vague.

The Yawgmoth of the 21st century is like the little black-backed gulls that set out from Western Europe. When this small population travels around the Arctic Circle with the wind and returns to Western Europe, they have evolved into herring gulls.

There are many transitional populations between the little black-backed gulls and the herring gulls that "can give birth to hybrid individuals."

But the young Yawgmoth and the father of all things Yawgmoth are completely two individuals.

No matter how the herring gulls change... even if there is another major environmental change later, and the two populations evolve in a convergent way, there will always be reproductive isolation between them, and at most they can only become parallel lines competing with each other.

In any case, the herring gulls will never merge with the little black-backed gulls again.

Yawgmoth can't change back.

Nia Guti sighed. Then, the indicator light on the table lit up: "There is an interface there, connect it. I will directly copy a copy - does he have any requirements?"

"Requirements? Probably not. He doesn't want too many people to know the location of whale civilization." Xiangshan said, "After all, there is no need to involve whales in the human civil war..."

"It's too difficult to stay out of trouble." Nia Guti sighed, "Humans are too powerful and the earth is too small. Human civil wars are no longer just human affairs. Forget it... They are not powerful."

This time, it was Xiangshan's turn to stare at Nia Guti in shock.

Xiangshan asked, "Are you really Nyaguti Ndebile... Do you really have the same personality as Nyaguti Ndebile?"

Nyaguti glanced at Xiangshan: "Are you surprised?"

"It's hard to imagine that you would say such a thing." Xiangshan put his hands on the corners of his mouth and gestured a smile, "I thought that you would be... um, happier to hear such news."

"I am very happy."

"But not that..." Xiangshan scratched his head, "I can't say. But you..."

He pointed to his head: "I think you are not in a good mental state."

Nyaguti shrugged and said, "Maybe, this is numbness."

"I think that you pushed a civilization that was born less than two hundred years ago onto the battlefield of human civil war, just as cruel as training children as soldiers." Xiangshan said, "Is this the fine tradition of the African land?"

This kind of thing really happened. Just more than two hundred meters above their heads, this kind of thing really happened.

Xiangshan shouted: "You were not like this three hundred years ago."

Nyaguti did not speak.

Xiangshan was silent too. He laughed at himself: "Well, it's Xiangshan's fault that he died early. By the way, is Doctor Tao here?"

"He's still here." Nia Guti nodded: "I used the few glial cells he had left to re-cultivate neural stem cells and fill them into the inner side of Doctor Tao's advanced cortex, and gradually removed the mental bottom instincts that were temporarily simulated by algorithms, and retrained from scratch... To be honest, this process is very difficult. For a long time, he will not go to the battlefield as a knight. He can't even be a logistics doctor. Maybe he can only work in an education position."

Xiangshan pressed his forehead with one hand: "I have never seen a more serious disability than this... He only has the advanced cortex left. You are still evaluating his work ability. Shouldn't you say at this time, 'Although it is difficult, I believe he will eventually recover'?"

"Oh, yes. More than two hundred years ago, you usually did this kind of thing."

So, the two fell silent again.

"Human beings are greedy by nature, and always like the abundant materials brought by high efficiency, but the behavior, style, and organizational form of high efficiency are mostly anti-human." Nia Guti said, "There is no way, those who do this business will eventually become a personification of personality."

Xiangshan also didn't want to hurt each other. He got to the point and asked, "Did Dr. Tao tell you about me?"

"You saved him, I know that."

Xiangshan asked again, "Did Dr. Tao tell you the story of the Ninth Martial God?"

Niaguti's arms were bulging with veins: "Yawgmoth, that guy, is completely crazy and there is no hope."

"Oh, it seems that you know." Xiangshan nodded, "Doctor Tao has a little suspicion that I am something similar to the Ninth Martial God... created by some conspiracy group. Maybe it is to verify the theory, or maybe it is similar to the Ninth Martial God. I have to find a way to test my cells, study the artificial traces inside, and determine what I am."

Niaguti was stunned for a moment: "This is the first time I have seen... uh, someone talk about himself... this kind of thing with this attitude."

Xiangshan shrugged: "I also know a madman who even treats himself as an inbred mouse."

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