The Mammals That Remember Extinction - Understanding how mammals remember extinction may help humanity navigate the next environmental crossroads

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Ancient mammal evolution of upright posture was no cake walk The sprawling-upright transition across mammal evolution, showing changes in posture and limb bone shape. Credit: Magdalen Mercado, from Brocklehurst RJ, et al., 2025, PLOS Biology, CC-BY 4.0 Early mammal...

Ancient mammal evolution of upright posture was no cake walk #Science #Biology #EvolutionaryBiology #MammalEvolution #Paleontology #UprightPosture

New research uncovers the complex evolutionary journey of mammals from a sprawled to an upright posture, shedding light on pivotal adaptation moments in mammal history. 📜🔬 Link: https://tinyurl.com/28tsjhbv #EvolutionaryBiology #MammalEvolution #ScientificDiscovery

“Body mass as a driver of isotopic niche overlap asymmetry in South American Oligocene mammals.” 
Yes, she nailed it.

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“Repenomamus is the largest known mesozoic mammal. Though being roughly raccoon-sized may not be that impressive compared to an allosaurus, there is evidence that Repenomamus may have eaten small dinosaurs.” - 2015
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“Archaeothyris is the earliest known Synapsid;
roughly marking where the ancestors of mammals broke off with its sister group: the reptiles.” - 2015

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62-Million-Year-Old Fossil Found in New Mexico Rewrites Mammal History A complete Mixodectes pungens skeleton reveals it was a leaf-eating, tree-dwelling mammal closely related to primates and colugos, refining its evolutionary position after over a century of mystery. For...

62-Million-Year-Old Fossil Found in New Mexico Rewrites Mammal History #Science #Biology #Paleontology #FossilDiscovery #MammalEvolution

A 108-Million-Year-Old Bone Just Rewrote Our Understanding of the World’s Strangest Mammal New fossil evidence suggests echidnas evolved from a water-dwelling ancestor, not a land-based one. The bone structure closely resembles that of semi-aquatic animals like the platypus. A tiny fossilized...

A 108-Million-Year-Old Bone Just Rewrote Our Understanding of the World’s Strangest Mammal #Science #Biology #Paleontology #MammalEvolution #FossilDiscovery

10-Million-Year-Old Secrets: Ancient Fossils Rewrite the Story of Mammal Evolution Researchers have precisely dated key fossil sites in Central Anatolia, Türkiye, to 7-10 million years ago using a new Argon-Argon method, shedding light on mammalian and primate evolution in this critical...

10-Million-Year-Old Secrets: Ancient Fossils Rewrite the Story of Mammal Evolution #Science #Biology #EvolutionaryBiology #MammalEvolution #FossilDiscovery #Paleontology

Mammals survived the asteroid impact that killed the dinosaurs, now we know how they did it Small fossils show mammals moved to the ground before the dinosaurs vanished. New plants changed habitats, giving better food and shelter.

Mammals survived the asteroid impact that killed the dinosaurs, now we know how they did it: Small fossils show mammals moved to the ground before the dinosaurs vanished. New plants changed habitats, giving better food and shelter.

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Tiny Fossils Reveal Mammals Left the Trees Long Before the Asteroid Impact Millions of years before the asteroid impact that ended the reign of the dinosaurs, mammals were already beginning to shift from tree-dwelling to ground-based lifestyles. A groundbreaking study uncovered...

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Dark coats may have helped the earliest mammals hide from hungry dinosaurs During the age of dinosaurs, early mammals probably lacked the stripes and spots of their modern relatives, having uniformly dark, drab coats.

Dark coats may have helped the earliest mammals hide from hungry dinosaurs #Science #Biology #EvolutionaryBiology #MammalEvolution #DinosaurDiet #FossilFindings