Rapid Evolution

Even though Harvard researchers proved nearly a decade ago that natural selection can happen rapidly, the public consensus still tends to be that it takes a long time, even centuries, to take effect. As part of the Harvard Horizons Symposium, during an event organized by Harvard’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS), Ph.D. candidate Shane Campbell-Staton will discuss his work with the green anole lizard, which corroborates the fact that rapid evolutionary responses can be viewed in real time. Read more here.