speciation

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Mr. Solomon estimates that significant steps toward speciation could arise within five to 10 generations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

"The Cambrian period also had a massive speciation event, but the new models allow us to rule out oxygen and focus on other things that may have driven evolution during that time."

From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2024

With speciation, an astonishing divergence of pollination mechanisms evolved, that exploit hawkmoths, bats and lemurs for a simple nectar reward.

From Science Daily • May 15, 2024

The team first assembled the genomes of the eight recognised species and worked out their patterns of speciation.

From Science Daily • May 15, 2024

The separation of the speakers by migrations had effects on language comparable to the speciation observed by Darwin on various islands of Galapagos.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas