Sunday 29 January 2023

Darwinian evolution does not explain why we got here

 




Image courtesy of Epsilon Eridani/Wikimedia Commons, 

Joel Kontinen

In plants, rapid evolution is of a dominant marsh sedge Schoenoplectus americanus can alter the heritable variation of the biomass. This accounts for differences in sediment accreation and marsh elevation, factors that influence a marsh’s resilience to rises in sea level, 

So this does not have to do with Darwinian evolution, in the goo to you version.  

Source:

Lopez,  Bianca. 2023,  Ecosystem-scale effects of rapid evolution Science  27 January,