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Hello. I may be mistaken, but I have some recall of an observation which gave reason to understand that if some members of the same species became isolated physically from the majority, they showed signs of the development of distinct characteristics which could be considered as evolutionary adaptation to that isolated environment. (Finches ?).
However, as a quite different consideration.:--
If a species evolves to the point of having the ability to understand the notion of behaviour/actions being likely to effect the well being of that species in both present and future in terms far exceeding simply storing food for future consumption,--does this ability introduce a quite different dynamic into the mechanism of evolution insofar as that species is concerned?
It seems to me that such a possibility is at the very least an interesting consideration.
cheers.
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