/oss/taxonomy/term/5297/all en /oss/article/environment/human-guided-evolution-closer-you-think <p>We tend to fixate on the drastic changes caused by evolution over huge timescales. It’s easy to ignore the small variations between generations that add together over time to form the big evolutionary changes we focus on. This unintentional side-lining of small adaptations can blind us to the ways in which humans are directly affecting the evolutionary processes of nature. From tuskless elephants to fish that can’t smell, animals are developing specialized adaptations to allow them to live in ecosystems that have been disrupted and altered by mankind.</p> Thu, 18 Mar 2021 16:23:57 +0000 Ada McVean B.Sc. 8660 at /oss