Evolution May Have Moved at a Furious Pace on a Much Warmer Earth
Wednesday, July 6, 2016 - 11:01
in Biology & Nature
Researchers found that the rate of a certain chemical change in DNA - a key driver of spontaneous mutation and thus of evolution's pace - increases rapidly with temperature. The scientists concluded that the rate of spontaneous mutation was at least 4,000 times higher than it is today.