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Loves rain, sleet, snow, mist, fog, natural history, Norfolk, Norway, Norwich, Natural Selection, Norse. Did I mention rain? Rain!
(tw)It! 🤪
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Mivart seemed to believe that Darwin‘s theory entailed that if a suite of traits would be advantageous to an organism, they would necessarily evolve. This was a misunderstanding of Darwin‘s ideas. Darwin pointed out that many advantageous traits will never appear in a lineage.
November 30, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Mivart seemed to believe that Darwin‘s theory entailed that if a suite of traits would be advantageous to an organism, they would necessarily evolve. This was a misunderstanding of Darwin‘s ideas. Darwin pointed out that many advantageous traits will never appear in a lineage.
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i think environmental temps affect development, so 17-year periodical cicadas live farther north than 13-year cicadas
November 30, 2025 at 7:04 PM
i think environmental temps affect development, so 17-year periodical cicadas live farther north than 13-year cicadas
That makes a lot of sense! 👍
December 1, 2025 at 8:38 AM
That makes a lot of sense! 👍
Darwin would I suppose have said the giraffe got there first, so excluding others?
November 30, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Darwin would I suppose have said the giraffe got there first, so excluding others?
I wonder if they will try to speed up or slow down development...? Are they food plants any old root system, or specific plants (trees?).
Fascinating!
Fascinating!
November 30, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I wonder if they will try to speed up or slow down development...? Are they food plants any old root system, or specific plants (trees?).
Fascinating!
Fascinating!
The Suzanne O'Sullivan is pretty interesting!
November 28, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The Suzanne O'Sullivan is pretty interesting!
Just as the Tethys Ocean was vanishing! Any connection? Change in oceanic conveyor?
November 25, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Just as the Tethys Ocean was vanishing! Any connection? Change in oceanic conveyor?