Could a species evolve to the point were they cause their own extinction

We know that in biology, a species evolves to better survive its planet and its various climates and geography, which is mainly a result of natural selection.

But, sometimes, this natural selection leads to consciousness, self awareness, and then intelligence. We know as a species, that life, or at least intelligent life has to exist somewhere in the VASTNESS of the universe, but there seems to be nothing.

One theory suggests that all intelligent life has to cross a great filter, meaning species have to avoid certain natural events or action, such as the sun exploding or even climate change. But one thing that doesn't seem to be on the theory board is evolving themselves into extinction.

When I mean by "evolving themselves into extinction", I mean that they either evolve to the point that their prey can't compete, thus killing their main source of food, and causing a mass die off or extinction, or evolving to the point to were you cause more damage and harm to your own environment, thus killing your species

But this leads me to my question

COULD a intelligent species, or even a non intelligent species go extinct through some evolutionary path, or is this technically absurd?

posted almost 5 years ago

RotNDecay‭

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