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Animals tend to evolve toward larger size over time, Stanford study finds
2015-02-19 13:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld
[NEWS] Does evolution follow certain rules? If, in the words of the famed evolutionary biologist Stephen Jay Gould, one could “rewind the tape of life”, would certain biological trends reemerge? Asked another way: can evolution be predicted?New research suggests that, for at least one important biological trait-body size-the answer is yes. In one of the most comprehensive studies of body size evolution ever conducted, Stanford scientists have found …
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