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[–] db2@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The start of an evolutionary trait generally comes from one individual that found it beneficial for procreation in some way, so depending on what you're looking at we can be narrowed down to one.

[–] irdc@derp.foo 1 points 2 years ago

That’s kind of simplistic: some traits are initially neutral and only show their usefulness later on.