Rolling the dice with evolution: Massive extinction will have unpredictable consequences
Friday, September 3, 2010 - 08:14
in Paleontology & Archaeology
(PhysOrg.com) -- New research by Macquarie University palaeobiologist, Dr John Alroy, predicts major changes to the rules of evolution as we understand them now. Those changes will have serious consequences for future biodiversity because no one can predict which groups will come to dominate after the current mass extinction.