Explosive evolution need not follow mass extinctions, says study of ancient zooplankton
Monday, February 13, 2012 - 15:00
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Following one of Earth's five greatest mass extinctions, tiny marine organisms called graptoloids did not begin to rapidly develop new physical traits until about 2 million years after competing species became extinct.
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