In less than a hundred years alien organisms are able to do what it took Earth’s creatures millions of years to do? And, speaking as a geologist, the right conditions just weren’t there.

rapid evolution of invasive aliens and evolutionary responses of natives, but a mechanistic understanding will require better integration of molecular and phenotypic approaches. We hope the …

Given aliens undergo natural selection we can say something about their evolution. In particular, we can say some-thing about how complexity will arise in space. Complexity has increased on the Earth as a …

Convergent Evolution Evolutionarily useful traits evolve among unrelated animals.

Feb 26, 2021 · In situations where convergent evolution is mar-ginalized by the imprint of historical contingency, alien morphology may deviate sub-stantially from canonical human anatomy. Despite …

Steven Jay Gould: There were more phyla in the Cambrian than now. Even though the number of species has increased from then to now, the number of higher taxa has decreased: disparity has …

Luckily, unlike humans, this alien can quickly evolve and adapt to it’s surroundings. You have been given a picture of what the aliens looked like before they crashed on Earth. Far, far away on their …