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Photo: Daphnia pulex, by Yale Peabody Museum, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.

No. 7 Story of 2024: Study of Water Fleas Found No Evidence of Evolution

After many generations, water fleas showed no evidence of changing genetically to adapt to their environment, as the theory would predict. Read More ›
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Is Daphnia Evolving at “Lightning Speed”?

If this is a prime example of the transformative power of evolution, the evidence is not at all impressive. Read More ›
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Photo: Daphnia pulex, by Эрг, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Covering for Darwin, Science Reporter Massages a Study

Genetically, the model organism for studying evolution was just one water flea after another. Read More ›
Daphnia-pulex
Photo: Daphnia pulex, by Yale Peabody Museum, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Decade-Long Study of Water Fleas Found No Evidence of Darwinian Evolution

After many generations, water fleas showed no evidence of changing genetically to adapt to their environment, as the theory would predict. Read More ›

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