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 authors say the shift in migratory behavior is what drove speciation, though there's no way to tell whether migratory behavior was gained by one species or lost by the other.
From Science Daily • May 13, 2024
What impetus drove the descent of, say, thirteen variants of finches down the fierce rivulets of speciation?
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Vocabulary lists containing speciation
Evolutionary Biology - Natural Selection - Middle School
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Evolutionary Biology - Natural Selection - High School
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Biodiversity and Humans - Middle School and High School
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