Friday, May 02, 2008

Lizards Undergo Rapid Evolution After Introduction To A New Home

Posted by Bog Brother on 05/02/2008 at 12:03 PM. Read 324 times. Tags: , ,

ScienceDaily (Apr. 18, 2008) — In 1971, biologists moved five adult pairs of Italian wall lizards from their home island of Pod Kopiste, in the South Adriatic Sea, to the neighboring island of Pod Mrcaru. Now, an international team of researchers has shown that introducing these small, green-backed lizards, Podarcis sicula, to a new environment caused them to undergo rapid and large-scale evolutionary changes.

TAKE THAT BEN STEIN...ER...INTELLIGENT DESIGN (whoah, those rhyme!)

Original Article: Lizards Undergo Rapid Evolution

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