Can Evolution Be Fast?

Comment: NYT article on very recent evolution of animals living in urban environments.

These kinds of articles always start with “We used to think evolution was very slow.”

Why did we ever believe this? We’ve seen many dog breeds develop in a very short period of time, humans domesticate crops, etc. Going from a fish to an elephant probably would take a very long time, but not a shift in the bell curve of one species on a specific trait.

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