Marsupials are evolving faster than humans, other animals – study
"We often have this bias that ours is the group that evolution is directed towards, but that's not how evolution works," explained Goswami.
A female Red-necked Wallaby suns itself as its five-month-old joey pokes its head out of her pouch at Sydney's Taronga Zoo June 6, 2009. Joeys usually do not leave their mother's pouch until they develop a protective coat of fur when they are about seven months old. (photo credit: DANIEL MUNOZ / REUTERS)ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF