>>36690441>Also why did mutation only happen in Alola? Why do so many pokemon look the exact same in different regions that have completely different weather conditions but are different in alola? There's no in-universe explanation that justifies that.we have a real life explanation, isolation, like the kind you find on an island, plays merry hell with the gene pool.
just look at japan. Sure we sped it up with a pair of bombs and now a power plant meltdown, but they were inbred weirdos long before the radiation hit.