A speeding clock could solve Darwin’s mystery of gaps in animal fossil records
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Accelerated evolution in young species may explain the difference between fossils and molecular evidence
Possibly helpful for plant fossil timing also
A speeding clock could solve Darwin’s mystery of gaps in animal fossil records
Scientists have long been confused about ‘missing’ animal fossils.
The Conversation (theconversation.com)
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Accelerated evolution in young species may explain the difference between fossils and molecular evidence
Possibly helpful for plant fossil timing also
A speeding clock could solve Darwin’s mystery of gaps in animal fossil records
Scientists have long been confused about ‘missing’ animal fossils.
The Conversation (theconversation.com)
The new idea is that the moment that any big group of organisms first appears, evolution speeds up.
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Accelerated evolution in young species may explain the difference between fossils and molecular evidence
Possibly helpful for plant fossil timing also
A speeding clock could solve Darwin’s mystery of gaps in animal fossil records
Scientists have long been confused about ‘missing’ animal fossils.
The Conversation (theconversation.com)
Nope just me again.
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Nope just me again.
Chuck Testa?
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The new idea is that the moment that any big group of organisms first appears, evolution speeds up.
Is that to say complexity breeds more complexity?
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Is that to say complexity breeds more complexity?
I would rather describe it as polyphony breeds more diversification.
