Why Evolution abandoned Armor

Описание: Three hundred million years ago, armor was everything. The world belonged to giants wrapped in shells. Two-meter millipedes crawled through primordial forests, their bodies covered in thick, segmented plates. Scorpions the size of dogs patrolled ancient shorelines, their carapaces like natural tanks. Dragonflies with seventy-centimeter wingspans ruled the skies, their exoskeletons thick enough to shrug off attacks. Back then, survival meant one thing: be big, be armored, be untouchable. But if you look at their descendants today, something changed. Modern millipedes are tiny, vulnerable creatures that curl into balls when threatened. Scorpions rely on venom instead of bulk. Dragonflies are delicate, almost fragile. The armor that once defined these creatures—the armor that kept them alive for millions of years—is gone. Evolution didn't just reduce it. Evolution abandoned it. But why would nature give up its best defense? This is the question we are trying to answer in this video.

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