摘要: An endemic sapotaceous tree Calvaria major found on the island of Mauritius is nearly extinct because its seeds apparently required passage through the digestive tract of the now-extinct dodo Raphus cucullatus to overcome persistent seed coat dormancy caused by a specially thickened endocarp....
Dodo Bird Evolution The Mauritian Calvaria tree, soon after the dodo bird became extinct, stopped sprounting seeds, and it appeared it would soon face extinction itself. While it was not initially apparent, the calvaria would only sprout seeds after having been eaten and digested by the dodo ...
Keep in mind no one has witnessed the entire history of life of earth The Theory of Evolution Title: Different Types of Evolution S&T: 3 pg. 310 give examples of types of evidence that Darwin gathered to develop the theory of evolution; Structural similarities among organisms. Geographic. Phylo...
The brood parasitic Common Cuckoos (hereafter "Cuckoo"; Cuculus canorus) lay eggs into nests of other bird species, and the Cuckoo chick evicts all nest contents, eggs or nestlings, after hatching, typically causing the failure of all host offspring. This represents a high cost of parasitism fo...
bird clades. While multiple mechanisms have been proposed for this rule, the combination of the association of black skin with white or no plumage, as well as high UV irradiance, suggest that it is best explained in birds by a photoprotective function. In line with this function are the ...
Jonathan Greenblatt, the CEO and national director of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) called on the Times to take “immediate action” over the new cartoon. “This is insensitive, inappropriate, and offensive. It shows once again that the @NYTimes needs to educate its staff about #antiSemitis...
It’s not true. They are not producing real woolly mammoths, and the program will not succeed even if they produce the faux mammoths they’re trying to make. In my previous post on this, called “a mammoth debacle,” I pointed out a number of problems with this effort, not the least...
I wonder if God made Adam and Eve 200,000 years ago, andHomo habilis,Homo erectus, and our other hominin “ancestors” are just extinct animals like the dodo bird and dinosaurs. Probably not. Steve Parker, M.D. …at his blog. A snippet: ...
(there are degrees of curvature); C – discontinuous (the fruit either has the disease or does not) but some students may justify continuous as being the amount of the fruit affected and this should be considered as correct; D – discontinuous (the...
“Dark Hole,”“Raigeki,”“Harpie’s Feather Duster,”“Pot of Greed,”“Solemn Judgement,”“Mirror Force,” and more. These are cards that will always help you out in a pinch, give you control of the board, help you go through your deck ...