[allmendream]

The number of changes adds up to the amount of change.

A 13% divergence in an ERV sequence shared between two species that is 1000 bases long is a “number of changes” of 130.

[decimon]

The number of changes adds up to the amount of change.

But each change is one state of evolution. If there are many more changes than has been believed then the rate of evolution is faster than has been believed.