mention examples of evolution by anthropogenic action.
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herbicides and pesticides
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Anthropogenic activities encompass all human activities including farming, industries, medicine and healthcare, daily chores, deforestation for wood, etc.
One prominent example is the use of herbicides and pesticides which has resulted in selection of resistant varieties in very short time scale. The development of microbes resistant to antibiotics is also due to anthropogenic actions.
Industial melanism is a well-documented phenomena and one of the first evidences of the effects of the industrial revolution on the biodiversity. It was due to smoke and soot coming out of man made industries which caused a shift from white-winged moths on trees to dark winged or melanised moths
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