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minus-squarebleistift2linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·edit-211 months agoSame question: If a species evolves to adapt to a changed environment, is the original species extinct? Yes, yes it is. That’s why a species ‘going extinct’ doesn’t always mean that it suddenly died off.
minus-squaremeyotch@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agoI think the term for that is chronospecies?
Same question: If a species evolves to adapt to a changed environment, is the original species extinct?
Yes, yes it is. That’s why a species ‘going extinct’ doesn’t always mean that it suddenly died off.
I think the term for that is chronospecies?