Humans artificially drive evolution of new species

[Oxytropidoceras]

Humans artificially drive evolution of new species

Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, June 28, 2016

http://phys.org/news/2016-06-humans-artificially-evolution-species.html

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-06/nhmo-had062716.php

Humans speeding up evolution by causing extinction

of ‘younger’ species, University of Faculty of Science,

British Columbia, February 23, 2016

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/02/160223074533.htm

http://news.ubc.ca/2016/02/23/humans-speeding-up-evolution-by-causing-extinction-of-younger-species/

The papers are:

Bull, J. W., and M. Maron, 2016, How humans drive

speciation as well as extinction Published 29 June 2016.

DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2016.0600

http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/283/1833/20160600

Rudman, S. M., and D. Schluter, 2016, Ecological Impacts

of Reverse Speciation in Threespine Stickleback. Current

Biology. vol. 26, no.4, pp. 490–495, 22 February 2016

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2016.01.004 |

http://www.cell.com/current-biology/abstract/S0960-9822(16)00040-3

More about invading crayfish mentioned in the second

paper are:

Carp dominate crayfish in invasive species battleground

Queen Mary, University of London, March 6, 2012

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120306131356.htm

Crayfish species proves to be the ultimate survivor

Queen Mary, University of London, August 3, 2012

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120803193804.htm

Yours,

Paul H.