Animal Evolution: Only Rocks Can Set the Clock

Davide Pisani; Alex G S C Liu

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2015.10.015

Animal Evolution: Only Rocks Can Set the Clock

Davide Pisani, Alex G S C Liu

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Molecular clocks have become the method of choice to date the tree of life. A new study demonstrates that there are limits to their precision, which may only be overcome by improving our knowledge of the fossil record.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	R1079-R1081
Number of pages	3
Journal	Current Biology
Volume	25
Issue number	22
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2015.10.015
Publication status	Published - 16 Nov 2015

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Constraining the origins of the Metazoa: Insights from ichnology, palaeoecology and taphonomy
Liu, A. G. S. C. (Principal Investigator)
6/10/14 → 5/10/19
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