Study finds mice in New York City are evolving

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Stephen Messenger, Science / Natural Sciences, April 29, 2013

Maybe Charles Darwin didn't have to sail all the way to the Galapagos islands after all.

While evolution is often thought of as playing out in the wilds of the natural world, as it turns out, urban environments are a major hotbed for species adaptations. Over centuries of development, cities have rewritten the rules of survival for the organisms that live there -- and researcher is beginning to prove that some critters are just learning to cope, they're actually undergoing genetic change.

Baruch College scientist Jason Munshi-South has spent the last several years studying this phenomena of urban evolution in New York City -- particularly when it comes to the white-footed mouse.

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Just one of many studies but it always amazes me how Nature can adapt to Man's presence.