Sunday, 5 January 2014

'Be Different or Die' Does Not Drive Evolution, Bird Study Finds

Dec. 22, 2013 — A new study has found that species living together are not forced to evolve differently to avoid competing with each other, challenging a theory that has held since Darwin's Origin of Species.

By focusing on ovenbirds, one of the most diverse bird families in the world, the Oxford University-led team conducted the most in-depth analysis yet of the processes causing species differences to evolve.

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