Researchers suggest rate of evolution change can explain discrepancy between molecular clocks and fossil evidence
Wednesday, August 27, 2014 - 08:01
in Biology & Nature
(Phys.org) —A pair of researchers affiliated with several institutions in Australia, believe they may have found a way to solve the discrepancy problem that exists between molecular biologists and paleontologists who disagree on the likely first appearance of placental mammals. They describe their new dating approach, which they call a "morphological clock" in their paper published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.