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speciation

[spee-shee-ey-shuhn, -see-ey-] / ˌspi ʃiˈeɪ ʃən, -siˈeɪ- /
NOUN
convergent evolution
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Mr. Solomon estimates that significant steps toward speciation could arise within five to 10 generations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

"The Cambrian period also had a massive speciation event, but the new models allow us to rule out oxygen and focus on other things that may have driven evolution during that time."

From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2024

"Consequently, the mutations already existed in a common ancestor and are therefore older than the speciation," says Wolf.

From Science Daily • Apr. 24, 2024

Now, research shows for the first time that competition was fundamental to "speciation" -- the rate at which new species emerge -- across five million years of hominin evolution.

From Science Daily • Apr. 17, 2024

What impetus drove the descent of, say, thirteen variants of finches down the fierce rivulets of speciation?

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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