Human Affection Altered Evolution of Flowers

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03 Nov 2005, 10:40 pm

Human Affection Altered Evolution of Flowers
http://www.livescience.com/othernews/05 ... power.html
By Robert Roy Britt
LiveScience Senior Writer
posted: 26 May 2005
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13 Nov 2005, 6:39 pm

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13 Nov 2005, 7:01 pm

cool, that makes total sense.


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13 Nov 2005, 7:37 pm

Well I don'[t think the flowers were plotting against us (plot! Plotting! Hahahahahaahaha not funny oh well) but it does make snese in light of us not completely wiping a lot of them out. Dunno. I'm not science-y.



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13 Nov 2005, 7:41 pm

I think it was inevitable. We tend to encourage and nurture the things that we like or that have a positive effect on us or our quality of life.

Although I could think up exceptions, such as the Monarch butterfly or the earthworms.....