Evolutionary Origins Redefined in Asia

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Groundbreaking study revises the origins of biodiversity

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Researchers used Southeast Asia as a natural laboratory to trace the geographic origins of a wide range of species.

Their findings challenge long-standing theories that groups of flora and fauna evolved separately on different landmasses before diversifying across the region.

New evolutionary model developed at the University of Aberdeen enabled the team to include extinct species in their analysis for the first time.

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