Lizard Rapidly Evolves to spite Ben Stein
A group of 10 Italian wall lizards were released on an island off the coast of Croatia have defied Ben Stein and rapidly evolved to better fit their new home.
In just a few decades the 5-inch-long (13-centimeter-long) lizards have developed a completely new gut structure, larger heads, and a harder bite, researchers say.
Now I’m not too caught up on the genetic diversity needed among a population of lizards to sustain the species, but i suspect mutations would be crazy apparent if it were 10 humans left on an island for 30 generations. anywhoo there are about 5,000 of them now. much more suited to their environment than they were, evolving totally new digestive systems, and changing their social behavior.
I suppose this means proponents of intelligent design will research this further, and take the new information into account when forming their beliefs…. HA! i wish.
[National Geographic News]
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