In contrast, at high thermal energy, an exceptional evolution process was observed, where the size and density of Pd NPs were sufficiently decreased and nanoholes were witnessed on the surface of Si.
The Devonian was an exceptional time for the evolution of plants, and the Rhynie Chert provides fossil records of several genera from extinct groups of primitive plants.
The British composer George Benjamin said Boulez was "an absolutely exceptional figure in the evolution of western music and his loss will be felt by musicians and music lovers across the planet".
Another is the way that a handful of exceptional women shaped the evolution of Los Angeles not as architects but as strong-willed clients (Ellen Browning Scripps and Alice Lee for Gill Alinee Barnsdall for Wright) and leading critics (not just McCoy but Pauline Schindler and Jean Murray Bangs).
In humans, one possibility is that tool use promoted the evolution of exceptional intelligence, without requiring high intelligence to get started.
That azhdarchids appear to have overcome this problem suggests that they had one of the most energy-efficient postures and gaits known in any pterosaur, and we speculate that strong specialisation to weight-bearing may have facilitated the evolution of exceptional size in the clade.
Mangroves, today being the second most productive environments on Earth after the tropical rainforests, would thus have provided the resource base for the evolution of exceptional body size.
The quinoa genome sequence provides insights into its exceptional nutritional value and the evolution of halophytes, enabling the identification of genes involved in salinity tolerance, and providing the basis for molecular breeding in quinoa.
Apple snail eggs provide an exceptional model to study the evolution of biochemical and physiological adaptations, which may have profound implications for addressing questions on ecology and evolution heretofore not fully appreciated.
As the importance of asymptomatic strains of Salmonella has only recently been recognised [18], [20], [22], [23], the bacterium offers exceptional opportunities to investigate the evolution of pathogenic bacteria in the context of a broader ecology.
