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C harles Darwin would undoubtedly be both pleased and chagrined:
"Daniel Funk is in the greenhouse where he raises a type of tiny leaf beetle that is in the process of transforming into a new species. (Image courtesy of Daniel Dubois / Vanderbilt University)The famous scientist would be pleased because a study published this week finally provides the first clear evidence that natural selection, his favored mechanism of evolution, drives the process of species formation in a wide variety of plants and animals. But he would be chagrined because it has taken nearly 150 years to do so."
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20 ... 090021.htm
"Daniel Funk is in the greenhouse where he raises a type of tiny leaf beetle that is in the process of transforming into a new species. (Image courtesy of Daniel Dubois / Vanderbilt University)The famous scientist would be pleased because a study published this week finally provides the first clear evidence that natural selection, his favored mechanism of evolution, drives the process of species formation in a wide variety of plants and animals. But he would be chagrined because it has taken nearly 150 years to do so."
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20 ... 090021.htm