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ScienceScienceDaily2h ago

Earth's first animals barely evolved until sex changed everything

Earth’s earliest animals may have held evolution back because they reproduced asexually, creating low-competition communities that changed very little over time. When environmental pressures pushed them toward sexual reproduction, biodiversity exploded and evolution accelerated dramatically.

SciencePopular Science15h ago

Sex jumpstarted Earth’s animal biodiversity

Many species didn’t have much sex for millions of years. They didn’t need it. The post Sex jumpstarted Earth’s animal biodiversity appeared first on Popular Science .