Virginia Tech study extends chart of life by nearly 1.5 billion years
December 19, 2024
December 19, 2024
BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Dec. 19 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news:
If all the world's a stage and all the species merely players, then their exits and entrances can be found in the rock record.
Fossilized skeletons and shells clearly show how evolution and extinction unfolded over the past half a billion years, but a new Virginia Tech analysis extends the chart of life to nearly 2 billion years ago.
The chart shows the relative ups and downs in speci . . .
If all the world's a stage and all the species merely players, then their exits and entrances can be found in the rock record.
Fossilized skeletons and shells clearly show how evolution and extinction unfolded over the past half a billion years, but a new Virginia Tech analysis extends the chart of life to nearly 2 billion years ago.
The chart shows the relative ups and downs in speci . . .