Richard Collins: Sizing up life on an island
The Island Rule states that species living on islands tend to become either bigger or smaller, depending on the resources available
The remains of a Giant Irish deer at the Natural History Museum in Dublin. Picture: Haydn West
Wed, 05 May, 2021 - 22:30
In Through the Looking-Glass, Alice participates in ‘the Red Queen’s race’. To stay in the same place on the chessboard, she has to keep running constantly. The Red Queen Hypothesis says that, like Alice, a species can’t rest on its evolutionary laurels; its survival depends on keeping abreast of developments taking place among co-evolving predators, prey and rivals.
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