Question: Is it possible to make a new animal by keeping bacteria in a condition which in thousands of years it will be a new type of animal.

Asked by csellar to Carina, Emma, Hannah, Mel, Yashar on 1 Sep 2012.

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  1. Photo: Carina MarshallCarina Marshall
    answered on 1 Sep 2012:

    Well…that’s kind of what happened in the beginning of life on earth. Kind of. But think more in terms of millions of years…evolution is slow. 🙂

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  2. Photo: Yashar RazaviYashar Razavi
    answered on 1 Sep 2012:

    Maybe… But like Carina said, it’d take a looooong time…
    Things evolve slowly 😀

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  3. Photo: Hannah BrownHannah Brown
    answered on 1 Sep 2012:

    It depends how different you wanted he animal.
    Evolution happens in bacteria quickly.
    A great example of this is what we call “antibiotic resistance”.
    In just a shirt period if time, the bacteria can get a change in its DNA which means that antibiotics can not kill it any more.

    But if you wanted to see it change into something really different, that would certainly take millions of years!

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