alt Hacker News> There's no easy way out anyway.
Evolution always finds new nooks and crannies of state space to explore.
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odyssey7 • yesterday at 8:37 AM
Yes, but maybe not from one specific lineage. E.g., extinction really is the end of the line for some species.
Not always, species go extinct all the time. Evolution can get stuck in local optima. Consider the whiptail lizard, which has lost the ability to reproduce sexually. Will they be able to adapt to future changes of the environment? Maybe, but the chips are stacked against them.