Friday, November 16, 2012

Hmm …

… Inkfish: City Birds Adapt to a New Enemy: Cats.

To find out whether urbanized birds have evolved in response to their new predators, a pair of researchers captured birds inside and outside of two cities …

They've found no evidence whatsoever that the birds have "evolved in response to their new predators." They've found that the birds have learned to deal with the problems posed by a different environment.

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