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urmomshawt · Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 10:14 am Post subject: Evolution observed

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/6/11/15631/9132/632/527201

cool stuff
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twhitley · Pilot Joined: 15 May 2006 Posts: 185 Location: Varies

Very exciting! In my ignorance, I would have thought that evolution had already been observed in the lab long ago. Still, it's fun to live in exciting times.

urmomshawt · Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 1:49 pm Post subject:

There's a book that's come out on all the work done with E.coli recently that I think has sort of made it popular again. I can't recall the name offhand but I'll see if I can find it.

the only other solid example, though mostly unobserved, of evolution recently are those lizards on an island in the baltic. apparently they were transplanted for study on an island, then all hell broke loose and they were forgotten. Recently some scientist retruned to find that in less then 30 years time most of the species had evolved various functional changes apropriate to the environment.
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