Archived Galapagos study finds that new species can develop in as little as two generations (phys.org)
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Archived Galapagos study finds that new species can develop in as little as two generations (phys.org)
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[–] Anonymous_User_69 1 point 2 points 3 points (+3|-1) ago
Well let's forget about if we call it species or not. Either way this is not a significant discovery. It's nothing more than finding out poodles and labs can make labordoodles.
[–] ZYX321 1 point 0 points 1 point (+1|-1) ago (edited ago)
And that the labradoodles have established a meaningful population.
Given the different behaviors and appearances of labradoodles to poodles or labs, I don't think it is as insignificant as you think.
Like most science, it is easy to imagine, but observing it happening in the wild is new. Additionally, in this case, the bird was not simply a mixture of the properties of the two parent species:
Edit: as dortex pointed out, that quote is regarding the new bird on the island that apparently flew in over a strait or something. Not the new offspring.
[–] Dortex 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Actually, that was one of the parent species. That bird bred with a native and made the hybrid.
[–] Dortex 1 point -1 points 0 points (+0|-1) ago
Yes it is. A bird was introduced into an island where it was less likely to reproduce due to the other species' sexual preferences. He managed the unlikely feat then his offspring selectively bred with each other to the exclusion of the island's native species; a key trait of Speciation.