New Zealand's 'Living Dinosaur' -- The Tuatara -- Is Surprisingl...

Courtesy ScienceDaily  Wed, 03/19/2008 - 23:00

Researchers have found that, although tuatara have remained largely physically unchanged over very long periods of evolution, they are evolving -- at a DNA level -- faster than any other animal yet examined.


 

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