Evolution gets busy in the city

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ljk — 4/20/2006 6:52:27 PM (archived)

Street Life

Cities have become the wild west of evolution - an ideal laboratory
for ecologists to watch the struggle for survival up close. Our
"urban jungles" offer many creatures a wide range of benefits -
oodles of easy food, warmth, and habitats. But while a city supports
animals one minute, it can befuddle, trap and kill them the next.
That's because what works in the wild can backfire on our mean
streets...

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg19025483.700?DCMP=NLC-nletter&nsref=mg19025483.700

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- Oi vey! not another fish story?,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, (n/t) - Publius - 4/7/2006 6:35:09 PM
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  - Controversial Findings Help Explain Evolution Of Life - ljk - 4/10/2006 2:52:20 PM
    - Fossil discovery fills gap in human evolution - ljk - 4/12/2006 6:12:09 PM
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        Branchless Evolution: Fossils point to single hominid root - LJK - 4/17/2006 3:15:51 PM
        
        Evolution gets busy in the city - ljk - 4/20/2006 6:52:27 PM
        
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