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over 5 years ago by Nick Garland

Dogs evolved with climate change

A cooling, drying climate over the last 40 million years turned North America from a warm and wooded place into the drier, open plains we know today. A new study shows how dogs evolved in response to those changes, demonstrating that predators are sensitive to climate change because it alters the hunting opportunities in their habitat.
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over 5 years ago by Nick Garland

Oddball hippo-sized marine mammal had a toothy vacuum mouth

The identification of a new species belonging to the marine mammal group Desmostylia has intensified the rare animal's brief mysterious journey through prehistoric time, finds a new study.
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over 5 years ago by Nick Garland

Fossil fetus found in 48-million-year-old horse

Researchers in Germany have unveiled the results of their analysis of a remarkable fossil – a female horse-like mammal called Eurohippus that contains a very well-preserved fetus.
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over 5 years ago by Nick Garland

How we found 'prehistoric beaver' that helped mammals inherit Earth after dinosaurs were wiped out

After the Chicxulub meteor hit the Earth and dinosaurs vanished from the planet, a group of small mammals hiding for millions of years emerged from the shadows. This is the story of one of those mammals called Kimbetopsalis.
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over 5 years ago by Nick Garland

Dinosaurs of the Gobi Desert

Despite being one of the most forbidding places on Earth, the area now occupied by the Gobi Desert was once host to a dizzying array of plants and animals. Some of the most unexpected dinosaurs have been found locked in the red rocks of this arid corner of Mongolia.
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