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.
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.