In the Tree of Life, Youth Has Its Advantages: University of British Columbia Research (IMAGE)

University of British Columbia

In the Tree of Life, Youth Has Its Advantages: University of British Columbia Research

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University of British Columbia researchers have found younger groups of organisms, on average, accumulate diversity much more quickly than older groups. Whales appear to be far past their evolutionary prime.

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A mother sperm whale and her calf off the coast of Mauritius. Gabriel Barathieu, Wikipedia.

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