Re: Rapid Lizard Evo

[Dan Chure <danchure@easilink.com>]

Of course, the argument to be made from this, in some circles, will be 
that evolution does not take millions of years to occur and this is in 
line with a young Earth.  Phenotypic plasticity is meaningless to the 
general public and will sound like a scientific coverup.

Dan

Dann Pigdon wrote:
> Michael Patrick Corriss writes:
> > http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/04/080421-lizard-evolution.html 
> >
> > Italian wall lizards introduced to a tiny island off the coast of 
> > Croatia are evolving in ways that would normally take millions of 
> > years to play out, new research shows.
>
> A study on Anole lizards deliberately introduced to various islands 
> found much the same thing. It seems that phenotypic plasticity can 
> take up the slack in the short term, resulting in physical changes 
> without the need for any genetic change. The same may be the case in 
> this instance.
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