Fifty million years of beetle evolution along the Antarctic Polar Front [Evolution]

Global cooling and glacial–interglacial cycles since Antarctica’s isolation have been responsible for the diversification of the region’s marine fauna. By contrast, these same Earth system processes are thought to have played little role terrestrially, other than driving widespread extinctions. Here, we show that on islands along the Antarctic Polar Front,...

Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - June 9, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Helena P. Baird, Seunggwan Shin, Rolf G. Oberprieler, Maurice Hulle, Philippe Vernon, Katherine L. Moon, Richard H. Adams, Duane D. McKenna, Steven L. Chown Tags: Evolution Biological Sciences Source Type: research