This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Evolution is often deemed irreversible. The evolution of complex traits that require many mutations makes their reversal unlikely. Even in ...

The distinction between ‘ecological time’ and ‘evolutionary time’ is artificial and misleading. Changes of both kinds may be on any time scale: frequently genetic and ecological changes are ...

Part 1. The historical perspective -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The history of mammals [animals] -- 3. The early radiations -- 4. The Edentata -- 5. The Pholidota -- 6. Conclusions concerning the early ...

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In a recent review published in the journal Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, researchers discussed the role of climatic shifts and vegetation changes in driving the evolution within the subfamily ...

As early humans spread from lush African forests into grasslands, their need for ready sources of energy led them to develop a taste for grassy plants, especially grains and the starchy plant tissue ...

Evolution, Vol. 51, No. 1 (Feb., 1997), pp. 36-44 (9 pages) Acclimation refers to reversible, nongenetic changes in phenotype that are induced by specific environmental conditions. Acclimation is ...