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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
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How are natural instincts explained on a fundamental level? Where do they originate and how are they inheritable?

How are instinctual behaviors inherited? Would they survive in an animal raised in isolation from others of its same species? I find complex behaviors like intricate web, hive, and nest creation particularly fascinating.
gpt
you can think of instincts as neurological patterns that have been selected for and evolved over millions of years. The ones that adapt to react to certain stimuli caused them to survive better in certain situations. very gradual.