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We are more hostile to ugly raccoons and more often helpful to cute ones. This isn't evolution, it's selective extinction based on cuteness, would be my guess. One example of the power humans have in shaping the natural world around what our emotions tell us to.
As long as whatever trait it's based on is heritable, that's evolution.