Questions that evolutionary theory has answered

 
  • Why do orchids have such intricate internal structures ?
  • Why are male birds of paradise so brightly coloured ?
  • Why do some reptilian precursors of mammals have enormous `sails' on their backs ?
  • Why do bats typically roost upside down ?
  • Why are the haemoglobins of humans and apes so similar ?
  • Why are there no marsupial analogues of seals and whales ?
  • Why is the mammalian fauna of Madagascar so distinctive ?
  • Why did the large carniverous ground birds of South America become extinct ?
  • Why is the sex ratio in most species one to one (although it is markedly different in some species of insects) ?

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