Re-evaluating molecular clock maximum age calibrations revives pre-Ediacaran divergence estimates for animals
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"Re-evaluating molecular clock maximum age calibrations revives pre-Ediacaran divergence estimates for animals" is generating significant coverage in the Science category, with 5 articles from 5 distinct sources tracked by PULSE so far.
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Coverage (5)
- Animals may have evolved 200 million years earlier than previously thought, new study suggests livescience.com · 1d ago
- Moving back the clock: Did animal life begin 200 million years earlier than we thought? YaleNews · 1d ago
- First Animals May Have Appeared 200 Million Years Earlier than Their Oldest Fossils Suggest Sci.News · 1d ago
- Animals may have evolved vastly earlier than fossil evidence suggests Phys.org · 1d ago
- Re-evaluating molecular clock maximum age calibrations revives pre-Ediacaran divergence estimates for animals Science | AAAS · 1d ago
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