Technique From Biology Helps Explain the Evolution of the American Car
Friday, July 1, 2016 - 14:51
in Paleontology & Archaeology
UCLA-led team of researchers has taken a unique approach to explain the way in which technologies evolve in modern society. Borrowing a technique that biologists might use to study the evolution of plants or animals, the scientists plotted the "births" and "deaths" of every American-made car and truck model from 1896 to 2014.