Archive for August 13th, 2013

The ‘Genetics of Sand’ May Shed New Light On Evolutionary Process Over Millions of Years

An evolutionary ecologist at the University of Southampton, is using ‘grains of sand’ to understand more about the process of evolution. Dr Thomas Ezard is using the fossils of microscopic aquatic creatures called planktonic foraminifera, often less than a millimetre in size, which can be found in all of the world’s oceans. The remains of […]