Yet Cuvier rejected the idea of organic evolution. He was an essentialist, convinced that plants and ... There was no scale of perfection, in Cuvier's view, because each animal was perfectly ...

28, 2025 — Why do some plants thrive in specific regions but ... Scientists Uncover Key Mechanism in Evolution: Whole-Genome Duplication Drives Long-Term Adaptation Mar. 26, 2025 — Scientists ...

Mollusks, one of the largest and most diverse animal phyla ... A major theme in the evolution of mollusks is the extent of convergent evolution and character shifts in shorter time scales. For example ...

Evolution describes changes in inherited ... of speciation and extinction to understand how contemporary animal and plant species are faring today and how they will fare in the future.

But while plant ... Evolution of complexity in the volvocine algae: Transitions in individuality through Darwin's eye. Evolution 62, 436–451 (2008). King, N. The unicellular ancestry of animal ...