More simply, persistence through deep time, of anything, is unlikely without some conscious effort somewhere.
That's a dangerous statement, I'd feel better if you used the phrase "without a directed expenditure of energy somewhere". The phrase conscious is too loaded and variable to be used in this context.
-Brad
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