Rise of the grasshoppers: New analysis redraws evolutionary tree for major insect family

Thanks to a decade-long analysis of grasshoppers’ genetic relationships, scientists now have the clearest picture yet of the evolutionary pathways grasshoppers have followed to attain their incredible diversity — and the findings put the birthplace of the broadest lineage of grasshoppers in South America, not Africa, as previously thought.

Source: sciencedaily.com