Evolutionary trees can’t reveal speciation and extinction rates

Mark Pagel ()

Nature, 2020, vol. 580, issue 7804, 461-462

Abstract: Evolutionary-tree diagrams, which show the branching relationships between species, are widely used to estimate the rates at which new species arise and existing ones become extinct. New work casts doubt on this approach.

Keywords: Evolution; Palaeontology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1038/d41586-020-01021-4

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