News tagged with range expansions

Evolution during human colonizations

Most human populations are the product of a series of range expansions having occurred since modern humans left Africa some 50,000 years ago to colonize the rest of the world, but how have these processes influenced today's ...

Biology / Evolution

Nov 03, 2011 | 4.6 / 5 (11) | 3 |

British butterfly reveals role of habitat for species responding to climate change

(PhysOrg.com) -- Most wild species are expected to colonise northwards as the climate warms, but how are they going to get there when so many landscapes are covered in wheat fields and other crops? A study ...

Biology /

Feb 25, 2009 | 4 / 5 (2) | 0