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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/09/science/09mouse.html

This is a well written, clear report on how scientists are observing and
tracking evolution in real time; not eons and eons. It is a another example
in addition to the example of bird beak size we use in our exhibition *Charlie
and Kiwi's Evolutionary Adventure* (http://www.nyscience.org/chareiandkiwi),
that first demonstrated that we can see evolution occurring in real time. In
addition, the article describes the need for scientists, to examine the
stories people tell about evolution (sometimes aligned with Kipling's "Just
So Stories") that may or may not be scientifically accurate. There are
increasingly more and more studies that demonstrate that evolution can and
does occur faster than millions and millions of years and that it is not
 process that is reserved for antibiotic resistance in bacteria.

Please read!

Martin

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Martin Weiss, PhD
New York Hall of Science
mweiss at nyscience.org
cell   347-460-1858
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