You are asked to paraphrase the underlined words in your own words. Please use as less words as possible for each item. We next ask whether any observed differences between anthropogenic and natural (1) contexts might have their origin in phenotypic plasticity, which (2) occurs when environmental conditions directly influence phenotypic expression for a (3) given genotype. We (4) address this question by comparing phenotypic changes between anthropogenic and natural contexts based on two different (5) subsets of the data. One subset includes only studies of (6) wild-caught individuals, which (7) integrate both genetic and plastic effects (‘phenotypic’ rates). The other subset includes only studies based on common-garden or quantitative-genetic methods, which presumably (8) exclude most plastic effects (‘genetic rates’). If phenotypic change differs between anthropogenic and natural contexts (9) with respect to phenotypic rates but not genetic rates, then the difference may be the result of plasticity. We discuss our findings in relation to how plasticity may aid population (10) persistence in the face of environmental change.