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Example of how this can happen: Primitive animal has genes that code for a brain with two sensory input schemas, which have enabled the development of specialized sensor organs corresponding to "touch" and "sight". Genetic mutation occurs which grants ability for the primitive brain to simultaneously process three input schemas. As the mutated individual grows up, its brain finds value in assigning a different representational format to a portion of neural stimulus (sensation of vibration becomes distinguished from other "touch"), since this enables a more complex understanding of its environment. This new portion of re-mapped neural stimulus is the first and most rudimentary "ear", which grants the mutated individual a slight advantage in avoiding predation and therefore reproducing. Iterate for billions of generations and you get zoomers making drill rap.