Researchers found that although tuatara have remained largely unchanged physically over very long periods of evolution, they are evolving — at a DNA level — faster than any other animal yet examined.
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Wednesday, March 26, 2008
This is fast evolution?
Scientists have pinned down the fastest-known evolving animal — a "living dinosaur" called a tuatara.
Researchers found that although tuatara have remained largely unchanged physically over very long periods of evolution, they are evolving — at a DNA level — faster than any other animal yet examined.
Photo Credit: Reb/Dreamstime
Source: MSNBC
Researchers found that although tuatara have remained largely unchanged physically over very long periods of evolution, they are evolving — at a DNA level — faster than any other animal yet examined.
Photo Credit: Reb/Dreamstime
Source: MSNBC
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