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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/sciencealert on 2024-10-29 21:01:44+00:00.

Original Title: 30-Year Experiment Shows Evolution in Slow Motion | In 1988, toxic algae wiped out a population of rough periwinkle sea snails in Sweden. An ecologist re-introduced 700 snails of a different ecotype in 1992. Over 30 years, the colonists evolved down a strikingly similar pathway to their predecessors