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A new Yale study provides insights into how tunas evolved their size, speed, and ability to regulate body temperature, challenging the theory that the asteroid strike 66 million years ago spurred their rapid evolution.
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A new Yale study provides insights into how tunas evolved their size, speed, and ability to regulate body temperature, challenging the theory that the asteroid strike 66 million years ago spurred their rapid evolution.
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Fri, 17 Jul 2026 21:17:40 GMT · 3h 30m ago
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Why
The study challenges the long-held theory that the ecological niche left by large marine predators after the K-Pg extinction event spurred the rapid evolution of tunas.
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The findings offer new insights into the evolutionary history of tunas, which are economically important fish, and challenge a long-standing hypothesis about their development.
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3 events in this thread- Currently Reading3h 30m agoA new Yale study provides insights into how tunas evolved their size, speed, and ability to regulate body temperature, challenging the theory that the asteroid strike 66 million years ago spurred their rapid evolution.
- Health & Science3h 30m agoA new Yale study provides new insights into how economically important fishes evolved their imposing size, speed, and ability to regulate their body temperatures in cold seas.Open article
- Health & Science3h 30m agoA new Yale study provides new insights into how tunas evolved their size, speed, and ability to regulate body temperatures, questioning a long-held theory that the asteroid strike 66 million years ago spurred their evolution.Open article
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