Organisms developed eyes and ears as amoebas evolved from unicellular organisms to a diversity of multicellular organisms. As those progressed, there were predators and there were prey. To survive (because the world is based on the "survival of the fittest" principal) prey needed to develop eyesight and hearing, to avoid becoming "lunch".
Eyes and ears developed over time, as the different species of animals (both predator and prey) advanced.
2007-07-21 06:38:04
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answered by Alley S. 6
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rgans (or any other feature) don't develop because the organism conceived it then grew it; that's no how it works.
Suppose there were multi-celled critters.
Out of the trillions of such critters, one was born with a mutation that gave it a photosensitive cell.
Having that cell was advantageous, so the critter successfully reproduced more than its fellows.
Many generations later, one of those critters had a mutation that gave it, not just one photo-sensitive cell, but a small patch of them.
This increased its ability to see, making it a more successful reproducer than its fellows with just one.
Much later there was a critter with a mutation that gave that patch of cells better visual resolution (perhaps a subtle change in the shape of the patch, or differentiation in the amount or type of light detected).
And so on, through small changes in the genes, each leading to greater sight, helping the critter that had that mutation reproduce more successfully than it's fellow critters.
THAT'S how it works.
An answer before mine gave a bunch of web sites you could read, if you really wanted to understand.
There are also books that explain things for the lay reader -- very intelligible and entertaining reads, some of them.
2007-07-21 20:49:49
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answered by tehabwa 7
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You don't have any idea what evolution is, do you?
Animals developed ears and eyes by accident, and natural selection chose these traits to be beneficial, and most species have the same ancestors so they were probably developed at an early stage in life.
2007-07-21 13:29:44
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answered by Nate The Great 2
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Organism adopt to changes in the environment and that didn't need that concept until it developed. Which was a a process that took billions of years to come about!
2007-07-21 13:30:24
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answered by Vesdog! 3
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You don't choose what develops - you need not understand the concept of food to need a stomach.
You have much to learn about evolution - try a few good books before coming here & looking so ignorant.
2007-07-21 13:29:37
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answered by Brent Y 6
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I'm not sure where i heard this but there is this law that says at a certain point organs can get no less complex. Proving that it's impossible for complex organs to develop out of nothing. I'm not saying that I don't believe in some type of evolution, but it's something to think about
2007-07-21 13:28:48
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answered by Nick 2
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whether or not they had a "concept" of it is irrelevant; whether it helped them survive and multiply is the issue, my friend.
In the deep-sea pockets and isolate caves biosystems, we find fish with no eyes; eyes would not have been an advantage in places where there was never any light.
2007-07-21 13:32:46
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answered by kent_shakespear 7
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i can't really understand the question maybeit is the way it's written, but who's to say there was no concept of anything? everything has a way of communicating.
2007-07-21 13:30:03
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answered by marynjavi 1
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If you're interested in learning how sight and hearing evolved, here are some places where you can learn all about it . . .
Eyes:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/library/01/1/l_011_01.html
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/10/041030215105.htm
http://www.2think.org/eye.shtml
Ears:
http://www.livescience.com/animals/060119_breathing_ears.html
http://www.nature.com/news/2006/060116/pf/060116-8_pf.html
Understanding Evolution:
http://evolution.berkeley.edu/
2007-07-21 13:43:36
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answered by YY4Me 7
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-five senses are better than two perhaps,.maybe Darwin may just have the written answer,..
2007-07-21 13:29:22
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answered by Anonymous
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