Fearless birds and big city spiders: Is urbanization pushing earth's evolution to a tipping point?

Date:

February 18, 2015

Source:

University of Washington

Summary:

That humans and our cities build affect the ecosystem and even drive some evolutionary change is already known. What's new is that these evolutionary changes are happening more quickly than previously thought, and have potential impacts on ecosystem function on a contemporary scale. Not in the distant future, that is -- but now.

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