There have been observable significant changes in the form of diets from the few centuries, and this can be attributed to technological advancement and agriculture, but similarly there's observable health impacts which directly or indirectly can be linked to our immune system..a residing question is, how does it impact evolution?
If ecosystems are self-balancing, why do some organisms resist decomposition after death?
I've been thinking about nutrient cycling and decomposition — in theory every organism that dies should be broken down and recycled back into the ecosystem by scavengers, fungi, and bacteria.
But some organisms seem to resist this — certain bird carcasses are avoided by scavengers, some marine organisms sink to depths where decomposition is extremely slow, and some plant materials take centuries to break down.
Is this a gap in the system, or does even "resistant" organic matter eventually get processed? And are there organisms that genuinely have no decomposers adapted to break them down efficiently?
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