Evolution and the concrete jungle
8/22/2018 01:00:00 PM
New research conducted by evolutionary biologists worldwide paints cities as evolutionary "change agents", says a trio of biologists from the University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM) who selected and edited the studies.
A compilation of 15 new research papers, published today as a special issue of Proceedings of the Royal Society B, confirms that (a) cities frequently alter evolution by natural selection; (b) species are adapting to cities worldwide; and (c) new commensal species - those that live alongside humans - have arisen in response to the environmental demands and challenges imposed by urbanization.
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