Originally Posted by: renI'm intrigued....


Evolution has been proven - lizards on an island as I recall. Introduce a new predator, and watch the lizards grow longer legs to outrun it... :eek:

I found an article on the lizards that i think you are talking of, its not the complete experiment but all it seems to me is that the lizards with the longer legs survived more at first, then the lizards with the shorter legs became more agile at keeping away from the preditors. It doesn't say they didn't have longer legs to begin with, but like other species, they have variations in limb length... article on lizards