Jurassic saw fastest mammal evolution

Thursday, July 16, 2015 - 18:30 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Research led by Oxford University scientists shows that mammals were evolving up to ten times faster in the middle of the Jurassic Mammals were evolving up to ten times faster in the middle of the Jurassic than they were at the end of the period, coinciding with an explosion of new adaptations, new research shows.

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