[akiselev]

This is an interesting question that leads down a rabbit hole without a satisfying conclusion. If you think about it, evolution is a process with but one singular purpose: it is the ultimate arbiter, based on the laws of physics, of what objects exist and for how long. Thus one can argue that the function of everything is survival and propagation, from basic subatomic particles to rocks to living organisms to societies and civilizations to entire planets and stars. Unless you assume that there are an infinite number of universes representing an infinite number of variations on the laws of physics, evolution (of anything) is random but not unguided. It's a process thats less like a coin flip and far more like card counting in a black jack game: the next card may be random but its possibilities are very much bounded by the shuffling of the deck and the cards drawn so far.

To put it another way: without a universe there is no possibility for evolution (of anything) so naturally the function and survivability of an object is entirely dependent on the universe it exists in, and thus is "guided" somehow.

Edit: I use very humanizing language but the process of evolution has no external agency and this cannot be emphasized enough. Our language just gravitates toward describing natural selection as if it's guided by a god, and not something as unrelatable as the ultimate laws of the universe.