Evolution and Evolutionary Biology 409 Evolution 2012-02-08T16:45:00 Science Guy barry.david.adams@gmail.com Science Life Blog « University of Chicago Medicine 2012-01-25T14:49:29

In the aftermath of a mass extinction, nature tends to get creative. Those lucky species that survive often explode with Seussian abandon into a diverse array of shapes, sizes, and behaviors, capitalizing upon the ecological opportunities left available by their less fortunate peers. Usually, the oddities produced by these “adaptive radiations” are whittled down by [...]

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