
Crab Memes Amplify Mistaken Ideas about Evolution
February 27, 2025 4 min read Crab Memes Amplify Mistaken Ideas about Evolution Memes about repeated evolution of crabs have been co-opted to joke about technology and “ultimate forms.” They’re hilarious, but they oversimplify natural variation, giving bad arguments a scientific veneer By Joanna Wolfe edited by Dan Vergano Lee Foong Lee/Alamy Stock Photo You’ve…