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Spectra of Leaves Is Tied to Development of Primate Vision

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Brent D. Johnson

The origin of the human eye has long been a bone of contention between evolutionists and their detractors. How, ask the latter, could such a sophisticated organ have developed by chance? But evolution doesn't work by chance and probabilities; it operates under very narrow, circumscribed rules according to very specific environmental factors. Recently, evolutionary biologists have examined the relationship between key visual adaptations and specific survival pressures. For example, Nathaniel J. Dominy of the department of ecology and evolution at the University of Chicago is interested in...Read full article

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    Published: June 2003
    Accent on ApplicationsApplicationsevolutionary biologistsspecific survival pressuresspectroscopytrichromatic visionvisual adaptations

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