Bees are industrious pollinators because they have co-evolved with flowering plants over millions of years.
These animals have co-evolved with humans over many centuries as domesticated species cultivated for consumption.
These "old friends" have co-evolved with humans over millions of years.
"It does a disservice to all the bacteria that have co-evolved with us and are maintaining the health of our bodies".
In fact, the paper's authors suggest that the giraffe's stature and its physiology may have co-evolved, with each growth spurt accompanied by, say, sturdier blood vessels or thicker skin.
The reason is straightforward: our insects have co-evolved with the trees on which they feed, acquiring adaptations which allow them to cope with the chemicals and other defences with which those trees equip themselves.
The idea that people in different regions of the world have co-evolved with different microbial ecosystems may be a factor — along with diet, lifestyle and other environmental agents — in explaining why they are often subject to different cancers.
Remarkably, these genes are clustered on the sex chromosome, suggesting that short lifespan might have co-evolved with sex determination.
Because the beetles have co-evolved with their host tree species, they have developed mechanisms for overcoming tree defenses (Franceschi et al. [2005]).
Human cultures and technologies have modified life on Planet Earth and have co-evolved with myriad other species, including microorganisms, plant and animal sources of food, invertebrate vectors of disease, and intermediate bird, mammal, and primate hosts.
Although the most popular group of pollinator insects are bees and butterflies, a myriad of lesser known species of flies, beetles or thrips have co-evolved with plants, transporting pollen and in return for this effort being rewarded with food".
