Rewriting evolution-"been there, done that"

Abstract

A recent paper by a science journalist in Nature shows major errors in understanding phylogenies, in this case of placental mammals. The underlying unrooted tree is probably correct, but the placement of the root just reflects a well-known error from the acceleration in the rate of evolution among some myomorph rodents. © The Author(s) 2013. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution.