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How Engineers Use Evolution to Invent Things

Sean Walton Orcid Logo, Ben Evans Orcid Logo, Ben Smith, Jakub Vincalek

Frontiers for Young Minds, Volume: 10

Swansea University Authors: Sean Walton Orcid Logo, Ben Evans Orcid Logo, Ben Smith, Jakub Vincalek

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DOI (Published version): 10.3389/frym.2022.776918

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You may have heard of evolution in terms of plants and animals, but did you know that this natural process can also be used by engineers to invent things? Animals and plants have evolved in amazing ways to survive in their environments. Biologists have been investigating how evolution works for a lo...

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