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[-] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 20 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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.

[-] meyotch@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 week ago

I think the term for that is chronospecies?

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