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Study measures mammalian growth spurt

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It takes 24 million generations for mouse-sized mammals to evolve into elephants — but shrinking back is much faster.

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  1. Evans, A. R., et al. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1120774109 (2012).

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