Evolution better not evolve another level because I’ll be damned if I retake calculus just to understand salamanders. I’m not even sure if my TI-89 would power on anymore. (I’m old so if it does, tip o’ the hat to Texas Instruments.)

[–] qkalligula@my-place.social 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

@fossilesque I was super confused by the title.. but the article makes a lot of sense.

[–] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

A better title would be something like “New study reveals evolvability itself can evolve”.

[–] Contramuffin@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Annoyingly vague title... Why not just say "new study shows that evolution can occur at different rates"

[–] niktemadur@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Yes, the title is typically bad, unfortunately.

Then in the article itself, I was hoping for a mention of the difference between regular ol' Darwinian evolution, and the internal dynamics that fueled the Ediacaran and Cambrian explosions of sudden biodiversity.

[–] azi@mander.xyz 1 points 1 week ago

Isn't this just evolutionary radiation?