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Three billion years of research and development

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Major societal problems such as health, energy, food and clean water can be confronted using evolutionary principles, yet this approach is rarely explored. Here, we illustrate how nature's solutions can be applied and discuss the need for evolutionary biologists to inform the general public and influence decision makers.

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Figure 1: Examples of nature's solutions being employed to everyday problems.

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  1. Nina Wedell and David J. Hosken are in the Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter, Cornwall TR10 9FE, UK.,

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Wedell, N., Hosken, D. Three billion years of research and development. Nat Ecol Evol 1, 0035 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-016-0035

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