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Body size, not competition, may kickstart evolution
November 03, 2026
RIVERSIDE, California, Nov. 3 -- The University of California Riverside campus posted the following news:

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Body size, not competition, may kickstart evolution

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A new evolutionary theory suggests changes in body size, rather than competition for food and habitat, may drive the earliest physical differences between species.

In a study published in the Evolutionary Journal of the Linnean Society, UC Riverside evolutionary biolog . . .

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