The wolves are exposed to cancer-causing radiation as they roam the wastelands of the abandoned city - with researchers finding part of their genetic information seems resilient to increased risk of the disease.
Dr Love found the wolves have altered immune systems similar to cancer patients undergoing radiation treatment, but more significantly she also identified specific parts of the animals’ genetic information that seemed resilient to increased cancer risk.
Two trait variations exist. The environment changes. One variation dies off. The other lives on to procreate. That’s the definition of evolution.
Evolution can be extremely fast, if something happens that causes 95% of a population to die, and the only individuals surviving are unaffected… bam, the population adapted.
Evolution isn’t “slow change over time“. It’s surviving (or procreating) when others didn’t.
it just so happens that until man, most changes in the environment occur gradually.
Yep. This isn’t really oniony. It’s just evolution at work. Something that happens every day.
Yeah !nottheonion is supposed to be absurdist news that sounds completely made up but is real.
This post should have been moderated out.
“Radiation wolves evolved resistance to cancer” doesn’t sound made up to you?
The vast majority of people are totally clueless
let me introduce you to the inclusive or community …
To tell the truth, there’s also a lot of radiations at work.
It’s still external pressure on the species.
Evolution isn’t nearly this fast. It’s not evolution.
Two trait variations exist. The environment changes. One variation dies off. The other lives on to procreate. That’s the definition of evolution.
Evolution can be extremely fast, if something happens that causes 95% of a population to die, and the only individuals surviving are unaffected… bam, the population adapted.
Evolution isn’t “slow change over time“. It’s surviving (or procreating) when others didn’t.
it just so happens that until man, most changes in the environment occur gradually.