On islands that inspired theory of evolution, deforestation cuts uneven path

Mongabay
Oct 5, 2021, 1:15 am278 pts
Biologists often refer to the Wallacea region of Indonesia as a “living laboratory” for the study of evolution. Spanning 1,680 of Indonesia’s central islands, including the Malukus, Nusa Tenggara and the expansive arms of Sulawesi, it is the transition zone where the biota of Asia and Australasia collide.…

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