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Most known species evolved during 'explosions’ of diversity, shows first analysis across ‘tree of life’

By Michiel Dijkstra |

Biologists in the US have shown for the first time that global biodiversity is concentrated within a few disproportionately large groups with exceptional rates of evolutionary diversification. This result suggests that rapid radiations, including adaptive radiations, have generated the majority of life on Earth.

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