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Explain how a long-term environmental change can lead to the development of a new species.

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like climate change, can permanently alter an ecosystem, but over time the change may cause some

Genetic variations to become more favorable or less favorable in the new environment. If adaptations to the new environment are not present or do not develop, populations can become extinct.

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