Darwin Comes to Town
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See your city through fresh eyesWe are marching towards a future in
which three-quarters of humans live in cities, and a large portion
of the planet's landmass is urbanized. With much of the rest
covered by human-shaped farms, pasture, and plantations, where can
nature still go? To the cities -- is Menno Schilthuizen's answer in
this remarkable book. And with more and more wildlife carving out
new niches among humans, evolution takes a surprising turn. Urban
animals evolve to become more cheeky and resourceful, city pigeons
develop detox-plumage, and weeds growing from cracks in the
pavement get a new type of seeds. City blackbirds are even on their
way of becoming an entirely new species, which we could name Turdus
urbanicus.Thanks to evolutionary adaptation taking place at
unprecedented speeds, plants and animals are coming up with new
ways of living in the seemingly hostile environments of asphalt and
steel that we humans have created. We are on the verge of a new
chapter in the history of life, Schilthuizen says -- a chapter in
which much old biodiversity is, sadly, disappearing, but also one
in which a new and exciting set of life forms is being born.Menno
Schilthuizen shows us that evolution in cities can happen far more
rapidly, and strangely, than Darwin had dared dream.
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Quercus ,
Menno Schilthuizen
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Quercus,
Menno Schilthuizen
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