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City Raccoons Are Evolving to Look More Like Pets (www.scientificamerican.com)
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[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 16 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

it’s selective extinction based on...

As long as whatever trait it's based on is heritable, that's evolution.