Mouse to elephant? Just wait 24 million generations

Monday, January 30, 2012 - 22:30 in Biology & Nature

Scientists have for the first time measured how fast large-scale evolution can occur in mammals, showing it takes 24 million generations for a mouse-sized animal to evolve to the size of an elephant.

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