It may have been the smart evolutionary strategy during a chaotic chapter of Earth’s history, but it didn’t last. By Jack Tamisiea Mammals are the brainiacs of the animal world. The brain of the sperm ...
WASHINGTON, March 31 (Reuters) - In the aftermath of the asteroid impact 66 million years ago that doomed the dinosaurs, it appears that brawn was more important than brains for the mammals that ...
During the land-to-water transition in the Eocene epoch, the cetacean skeleton underwent modifications to accommodate life in the seas. These changes are well-documented in the fossil record. The ...
Patriomanis americana is the only pangolin (Mammalia, Pholidota), living or extinct, known from the western hemisphere. It derives from latest Eocene (Chadronian NALMA) deposits from central Wyoming ...
1. Background: 1.1 History and rationale ; 1.2. Southern Africa ; 1.3. Mammals ; 1.4. Sites ; 1.5. Mapping ; 1.6. Dating -- 2. The Eocene: 2.1. Eocene mammals ; 2.2 ...
A team of geologists and palaeontologists has discovered that, some 50 million years ago, there was a low-lying continent separating Europe from Asia that they have named Balkanatolia. At the time, it ...
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We here describe the first partial cranium of Hyaenodon leptorhynchus, the type species of the taxonomically diverse and widely distributed hypercarnivorous genus Hyaenodon (Hyaenodonta). The cranium ...
A "lost" continent that once connected Asia to southern Europe may have formed an ancient passageway that helped animals migrate west, leading to a sudden and widespread extinction event around 34 ...
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