Study of fish fossil shows that 'head-first' diversity drives vertebrate evolution
Tuesday, December 20, 2011 - 20:00
in Paleontology & Archaeology
The history of evolution is periodically marked by explosions in biodiversity, as groups of species try out a wide range of shapes and sizes. With a new analysis of two such adaptive radiations in the fossil record, researchers have discovered that these diversifications proceeded head-first.