Evolution

Bird

Cities as ‘Powerhouses of Evolution’

A new book on urban ecology shows how quickly wild species living in cities can adapt to their surroundings.

May 12, 2018 - National Geographic

Owl

How Built Environments Hyper-Activate Evolution

Welcome to a post-human era of biological evolution. Strap on your seat belts.

August 24, 2016 - The New York Times

Cooperation and the Evolutionary Biology of the City as Organism

Evolutionary biologist David Sloan Wilson is trying to understand how natural selection works at various levels. His new lab: the city of Binghamton, New York.

June 17, 2011 - Nature

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