Beetles beat out extinction
Wednesday, March 18, 2015 - 08:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
A new study combs through fossil records to arrive at a unique new perspective: The rich diversity of beetles results more from low extinction rates rather than high origination rates. Through these fossils, researchers could plot the population fluxes of beetles as far back as their origins in the Premian period 284 million years ago.