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Carleton prof finds evolutionary clues in nature’s ‘bloopers’<\/a><\/p>\n

“They’re not really bloopers, they’re things that appear to be sub-optimal, things that appear not to make any sense at all. But from an evolutionary perspective, they actually do make a lot of sense. They tell us a lot about the way evolution works.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Carleton prof finds evolutionary clues in nature’s ‘bloopers’ “They’re not really bloopers, they’re things that appear to be sub-optimal, things that appear not to make any sense at all. But from an evolutionary perspective, they actually do make a lot of sense. 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