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We are closer related to rodents than to pigs. Whether this is an argument for one thing or for another or for nothing at all, I really have no idea.
by interfixus 8y ago
We are closer related to rodents than to pigs.
Whether this is an argument for one thing or for another or for nothing at all, I really have no idea.
- klmr 8y agoThis isn’t quite true. The issue is that rodents evolve a lot quicker due to effective population size and generation time. As a consequence, the genetic divergence between rodents and humans is in fact greater than that between humans and pigs (see e.g. https://europepmc.org/abstract/pmc/pmc1142312 https://europepmc.org/abstract/pmc/pmc1142312), even though pigs branched off earlier than rodents.
- interfixus 8y agoHad a vague that something like that might be in play. I obviously have some reading up to do. My assumption was, that our branch would, until quite recently, have been rapid breeders too. And the pigs' one as well.