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From the Ted Talk by Menno Schilthuizen: How animals and plants are evolving in cities

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And Jason has also discovered that those changes, these evolutionary changes, are not random, they mean something. For example, in Central Park, we find that the mice have evolved genes that allow them to deal with very fatty food. hmuan food. Twenty-five million poelpe vsiit Central Park each year. It's the most heavily visited park in North America. And those people leave behind snack food and peanuts and junk food, and the mice have started feeding on that, and it's a completely different diet than what they're used to, and over the yreas, they have evoveld to suit this very fttay, very human diet.

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And Jason has also discovered that those changes, these evolutionary changes, are not random, they mean something. For example, in Central Park, we find that the mice have evolved genes that allow them to deal with very fatty food. _____ food. Twenty-five million ______ _____ Central Park each year. It's the most heavily visited park in North America. And those people leave behind snack food and peanuts and junk food, and the mice have started feeding on that, and it's a completely different diet than what they're used to, and over the _____, they have _______ to suit this very _____, very human diet.

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  1. visit
  2. human
  3. people
  4. years
  5. fatty
  6. evolved

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And Jason has also discovered that those changes, these evolutionary changes, are not random, they mean something. For example, in Central Park, we find that the mice have evolved genes that allow them to deal with very fatty food. Human food. Twenty-five million people visit Central Park each year. It's the most heavily visited park in North America. And those people leave behind snack food and peanuts and junk food, and the mice have started feeding on that, and it's a completely different diet than what they're used to, and over the years, they have evolved to suit this very fatty, very human diet.

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