Originally Posted by
Habis
In Eternals they have revealed that all life on Earth has Celestial DNA, hence why they are able to develop superpowers.
However, these superbeings weren't able to breed true, since they became too mutated and went extinct.
The purpose of Deviants was to evolve into a species able to stabilize Celestial DNA and to breed true despite having it. The purpose of Eternals was to prune the failures, the Deviants who became too mutated, leaving these able to survive long enough to reproduce before becoming monsters.
What Celestials did basically was to modify people (the Deviants) so that their Celestial DNA would activate every generation, but also made them able to evolve faster, hoping to create a species able to get Celestial powers without being destroyed by them...
Deviants would interbreed with regular humans, passing them their evolved ability to resist excessve mutation, allowing the rise of stable superhumans.
It has been confirmed that all Mutants have Deviant DNA; the mutant ability to change and gain powers during puberty is sort of a safe, watered down version of the Deviant Flesh Change.
What I an not sure is, do Mutates like Hulk, the 4F, Firebird, Sandman, Spider-man... etc., have Deviant DNA too? Or are they just like these ancient Strange Lifeforms who had superpowers but were unable to breed true and went extinct?
The question is relevant because, if they don't have Deviant DNA, Mutates can't evolve into a new species on their own right, and the children or grandchildren of Hulk, She-Hulk, the 4F, Spiderman, Cloak and Dagger, Rhino, Sandman will eventually degenerate into monsters and go extinct...