The more involved the edit, the fewer pages an editor can complete per hour, and the more your project will cost. Depending on their level of experience and the level of edit required, an editor may charge anywhere from $15/hour to $100+/hour. A side note about the level of edit required: I have found the level of edit required can occasionally be a touchy subject with writers.
'Oldest living thing on earth' discovered. Ancient patches of a giant seagrass in the Mediterranean Sea are now considered the oldest living organism on Earth after scientists dated them as up to 200,000 years old. Scientists say a patch of ancient seagrass in the Mediterranean is up to 200,000 years old Photo: Getty Images. By Jonathan Pearlman, Sydney.
iStock/QueGar3. Though not technically immortal, the bowhead whale is the oldest living mammal. According to Popular Science, several species of whales have been known to live for more than 70 years, though in the 1990s scientists discovered scars on the massive animals that had been made by weapons from the 1800s. The oldest known bowhead lived to be 211 years old.